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  • September 2008

    • Hillary Bundler Picks McCain Over 'Elitist' Obama

      Muckety.com  |  Sep 17, 08 2:09 PM CDT

      Hillary Bundler Picks McCain Over 'Elitist' Obama

      (Newser) - Democratic fundraiser and ardent Hillary Clinton supporter Lynn Forester de Rothschild will endorse the McCain-Palin ticket today, Muckety reports. De Rothschild, who worked with the Democratic National Committee, has been a steadfast critic of the Dems’ decision to nominate Barack Obama, whom she called an untrustworthy “elitist” in a July interview. Obama supporters countered that de Rothschild herself is a millionaire and wife to a British aristocrat. More »

    • Georgia Rep Calls Obamas 'Uppity' Elitists

      CQPolitics  |  Sep 5, 08 11:10 AM CDT

      Georgia Rep Calls Obamas 'Uppity' Elitists

      (Newser) - An Atlanta-area Congressman described Barack and Michelle Obama as belonging to "an elitist class ... that thinks that they’re uppity,” CQPolitics reports. Lynn Westmoreland's comments, inspired by questions about recent speeches by Sarah Palin and Michelle Obama, touched off a linguistic battle over the word's racial implications. "I’ve never heard that term used in a racially derogatory sense," Westmoreland, who is white, said in a statement to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Michelle Obama  • congressman  • elitism  • racial slurs

  • August 2008

    • Obama Flips 'Elitist' Tag Onto McCain

      Washington Post  |  Aug 22, 08 9:22 AM CDT

      Obama Flips 'Elitist' Tag Onto McCain

      (Newser) - John McCain's inability to recall how many homes he owns could throw a wrench in his attempt to paint Obama as an elitist, the Washington Post reports. The furious back and forth between camps—the Obama team pounced and mocked, while McCain's charged hypocrisy and pulled out the Rezko card—ratcheted up the recent nasty tone and demonstrated how important the "regular guy" image is to both candidates. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • campaign tactics  • wealth  • houses  • elitism

  • June 2008

    • Dowd to GOP: The Elitism Crap Won't Work

      New York Times  |  Jun 25, 08 9:14 AM CDT

      Dowd to GOP: The Elitism Crap Won't Work

      (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. The cosseted conservatives' "hypocritical comedy" might have worked in the past, but not this time, Dowd warns. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Election 2008  • Karl Rove  • Republican Party  • elitism

    • What Hyde Park Tells Us About Obama

      Weekly Standard  |  Jun 9, 08 7:37 PM CDT

      What Hyde Park Tells Us About Obama

      (Newser) - "It is the most racially integrated neighborhood in the nation's most racially segregated city," Andrew Ferguson writes in the Weekly Standard of the area in south Chicago Barack Obama calls home. It's a college town, a lefty enclave where the moneyed mix with boho bookworms, and "NPR announcer" types  walk the streets wearing wire rims and backpacks. But Hyde Park isn't an ordinary college town, it's an unusually isolated one—an island in the middle of a slum. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Chicago  • University of Chicago  • Bill Ayers  • elitism  • Hyde Park

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • Michelle Touts Obamas as 'Just Folks'

      Chicago Tribune  |  Apr 20, 08 6:43 AM CDT

      Michelle Touts Obamas as 'Just Folks'

      (Newser) - Michelle Obama is hammering home a message that she and her husband are just “regular folks" of humble backgrounds. She has become a key weapon as the candidate continues to be buffeted by criticisms that he's "elitist" in the wake of his characterization of rural America as Bible-thumping, gun-toting and "bitter." Michelle Obama is focusing on her upbringing on Chicago’s South Side and Barack’s as the son of a poor single mom.  More »

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      Barack Obama  • Election 2008  • Michelle Obama  • elitism

    • No Bittergate Bounce in Polls

      Talking Points Memo  |  Apr 15, 08 4:35 PM CDT

      No Bittergate Bounce in Polls

      (Newser) - Several new Pennsylvania polls confirm a slight shift in Hillary Clinton’s direction, but not one substantial enough to suggest Barack Obama’s “bitter” gaffe has deeply affected support. CNN’s poll of polls shows Clinton’s lead rising only two points (from a four- to six-point margin). Half of respondents disagree with Obama’s controversial comments—but only 33% of Dems say they were offended. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Pennsylvania primary  • Bittergate  • elitism  • polling

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