No child should grow up thinking that their story, their hometown story, is not a part of the larger American story. It's time Washington stopped working for special interests and started working for rural America. So not only do I want to recruit the teachers, but I especially want to recruit the [?] in rural communities. I want to make sure that we're making investments in rural schools. I think we can connect all of America to 21st Century technology. We'll show that we value farming in this country by launching a program that gives a hand to the next generation of farmers and helps them buy their first farm.

From a new ad (I guess) by Barack Obama. You can guess what I think about this. I saw this on the WSJ Washington Wire blog. This is ridiculous. Anyone who can say "It's time Washington stopped working for special interests and started working for rural America...We'll show that we value farming in this country by launching a program that gives a hand to the next generation of farmers and helps them buy their first farm" with a straight face deserves a medal. Maybe 4% of the country works in agriculture but somehow they aren't a special interest. A simple look at Wikipedia (a killer source, I know) defines an interest group as "an organized collection of people who seek to influence political decisions." Farm lobby anyone? How does Obama define a special interest? Maybe they just aren't "special" enough.