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> [Since the heady days of the 2009 Inauguration, middle-class independents have grown increasingly distant from Obama. Working-class voters - always more enamored of Clinton - have grown even more wary and distrustful of the Chicagoan. Both voting blocs pose the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilder/since-the-heady-days-of-the-2009-inauguration-middle-class/)

[Douglas Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilder/)

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## More by Douglas Wilder

> [Africa is not a country, but it is a continent like none other. It has that which is elegantly vast or awfully little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilder/africa-is-not-a-country-but-it-is-a-continent-like-none-other-it-has/)

[Douglas Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilder/)

> [The first black president will be a politician who is black.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilder/the-first-black-president-will-be-a-politician-who-is-black/)

[Douglas Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilder/)

> [Government or politics in America today is big business. Everybody makes money involving themselves in one way or the other, whether it's pollsters, whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilder/government-or-politics-in-america-today-is-big-business-everybody/)

[Douglas Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilder/)

> [Sept. 11 jolted America out of its second gilded age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilder/sept-11-jolted-america-out-of-its-second-gilded-age/)

[Douglas Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilder/)

> [Greece's European neighbors were able step in and bolster the weak foundation on which Greece's free-spending budget was based. It would be difficult for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilder/greece-s-european-neighbors-were-able-step-in-and-bolster-the-weak/)

[Douglas Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilder/)

> [Since Obama has expressed admiration for the portrait of Abraham Lincoln that Doris Kearns Goodwin paints in 'Team of Rivals,' he could do the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilder/since-obama-has-expressed-admiration-for-the-portrait-of-abraham/)

[Douglas Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilder/)

> [My experience politically has always been that one-word definition of politics: money. Keep your eye on the buck. And that tells you where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilder/my-experience-politically-has-always-been-that-one-word-definition-of/)

[Douglas Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilder/)

> [During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders - including many prominent African-American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilder/during-the-2008-campaign-i-strongly-endorsed-barack-obama-for/)

[Douglas Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilder/)

> [Certain black leaders would believe that you have to go through their prism: 'If I lay my hand on you, you're OK.' So many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilder/certain-black-leaders-would-believe-that-you-have-to-go-through-their/)

[Douglas Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilder/)

> [What is blackness? Is it the way you talk? Do you got to say, 'Dey this, dey dat.' Or the way you dress? Or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilder/what-is-blackness-is-it-the-way-you-talk-do-you-got-to-say-dey-this/)

[Douglas Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilder/)

> [You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilder/you-don-t-ever-earn-a-right-to-stop-doing-anything-if-you-feel-there/)

[Douglas Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilder/)

> [Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilder/many-voted-in-2008-with-the-desire-to-see-racism-and-racists/)

[Douglas Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilder/)

> [Slavery is nothing to joke about. The history of this nation's involvement with slavery is nothing to pass off in a joke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilder/slavery-is-nothing-to-joke-about-the-history-of-this-nation-s/)

[Douglas Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilder/)

> [There will be those who will tell you that you can't make it because of how you look, because of the way you talk.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilder/there-will-be-those-who-will-tell-you-that-you-can-t-make-it-because/)

[Douglas Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilder/)

> [I fought in Korea, front line. I knew who the enemy were. The enemy were the people who were firing at me. And shooting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-wilder/i-fought-in-korea-front-line-i-knew-who-the-enemy-were-the-enemy-were/)

[Douglas Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-wilder/)

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