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Dowd to GOP: The Elitism Crap Won't Work

Rove's attempts to paint Obama as snooty a 'hypocritical comedy'

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 25, 2008 9:14 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Republicans have been unrelenting in their attempts to paint Barack Obama as an elitist—pretty rich stuff, writes Times columnist Maureen Dowd, coming from a party led by a Connecticut-born "Richie Rich" whose daddy has bailed out his snide self time and again.... Read full story »

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Dowd to GOP: The Elitism Crap Won't Work

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