“美国制造”成为美总统选票争夺点(2/2)
概述：白人独立女性一向是美总统大选候选人选票争夺对象。一位女性制造商由于总统奥巴马对制造业的忽视已由奥巴马阵营转投罗姆尼阵营。Hints:
McNamara
Obama
Mitt Romney
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口语节目地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11921/item/686992/http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201211/201211021237457528966.mp3McNamara voted for Mr. Obama in 2008, but now supports Mitt Romney. She says the economy is her number one issue.
"I've seen in the last four years that not only, like I said, that manufacturing jobs have left but so many people are out of work here. And I also see incomes dropping. When I go to the grocery store and I see people that, you know, they are taking things out of their cart because they can't afford them. That hits home."
After the Romney campaign heard about McNamara, they came calling, and she agreed to host a Romney rally at her furniture plant. It was a thrilling moment for her.
"When I had him here it was also nice to see him as an individual and not just the candidate that you see on TV making a speech."
The Romney campaign even made McNamara's story the topic of a TV political ad.
Until now McNamara has not been active in politics. But she says it was time to speak out against proposed tax increases she says will hurt small business owners.
"If I don't have the revenue and I am gonna be paying more taxes on everything else, I'm not gonna have the revenue to grow my business. And if I can't grow my business, I can't hire that next employee."
McNamara says being an independent voter, courted by various political candidates, gives her a chance to voice ideas for improving the nation's economy by bringing manufacturing jobs back to an area of the country that needs them.麦克纳马拉在2008年投票给奥巴马，但她现在支持罗姆尼。她说经济是她的首要问题。
“就像我说的，我在过去的四年里眼看着不仅制造业工作岗位变少，而且这里的许多人都失业了。同时我也见证了收入的下降。我去杂货店时，看见人们把（原本有能力购买的）东西拿出手推车，因为他们如今买不起了。这就是问题所在。”
罗姆尼的竞选团队在听说麦克纳马拉的事情后给她致电，接着她同意在她的家具工厂为罗布尼主持一场集会。对她而言，这是激动人心的时刻。
“当我把他迎来时，真是很高兴能亲眼见到作为一个普通人的他，而不仅仅是在电视上做演讲的（总统）候选人。”
罗姆尼的竞选团队甚至把麦克纳马拉的故事制作成电视政治广告的一个主题。
直到现在麦克纳马拉也都还没有积极参与政治活动。但她表示现在是时候反对增税的提议，她说这会损害小型企业的业主。
“假如我没有收入，而我又要在其他事物上缴更多的税，那么我也不会有钱去扩大生意。而且如果我不能扩大生意，我就不能雇佣下一个员工。”
麦克纳马拉说作为一个受各类政治候选人欢迎的独立选民，给了她一个表达想法的机会，她希望能通过将制造业工作岗位带回这个国家中真正需要他们的地方，以此来改善美国的经济情况。
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