insomnomaniac

What's the opposite of a "real" person anyway?

I thought this was frackin' brilliant!

Here's the money quote, but do read the whole thing:

One of the low points of the 1988 Democrat Convention was when Anne Richards read out a letter from a constituent about how bad her life was. Looks like history is repeating itself:

An Indiana railroader, an Iowa mother and a Michigan truck driver are getting a moment at the Democratic convention to help portray Barack Obama as the people’s champion and counter GOP characterizations of him as an out-of-touch celebrity.

The idea is for these “real people,” as the campaign calls them, to share personal stories about why they are supporting the Democratic presidential candidate and how they think he will help folks like them and the more than 20 million expected to be watching the convention at home.

Bringing in "real people" to show that you understand them is the clearest sign possible that you yourself are not a "real person." In conservative America, we refer "real people" as "people."

You know the answer to my title question? I'll give you a hint, it starts with "O."