Pennsylvanians living in small towns deserve better. Sixty three years ago they fought side by side in the Battle of the Bulge with Obama's grandfather in Patton's 3rd Army. In Korea, Vietnam and in the Persian Gulf, they served, fought and gave their lives.
Yet, today the large rural manufacturing plants located near small towns have been moving overseas for the past few decades. Heating oil and propane, which provide a significant source of heating in small town Pennsylvania have hit record prices and health care is become more expensive and less available as small hospitals close their doors. College is getting more expensive every year and more and more homes are going up for sale or going into foreclosure.
You can try to describe the impact of this on the body or heart of the individual or the community. But, Barack Obama should just be saying that small town Pennsylvania "deserves better."
In fact, believe all of America "deserves better." This is not a right versus left or red versus blue argument. This is not an elitist viewpoint or a viewpoint that slights anyone. (current administration excepted.) "Deserves better" is a more direct way to the point out the challenges small town Pennsylvania faces and the change we need.
