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NEWS ABOUT: elitism

elitism stories: 10 news summaries
OPINION

 Palin Channels Ahmadinejad 

Her self-presentation, politics, and biography are like his

Aug 3, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have their differences—but their images, politics, and even life stories show significant overlap, writes Juan Cole for Salon. Both are former governors of “frontier states,” both drum up support through “wounded nationalism,” and both battle foreign influence. “Above all,... More »

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Iran • media • Alaska • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • populism • populist • Sarah Palin • dissent • elitism • media elite

OPINION

NYC's 'Elite' Happy for Reinforcements: McInerney

Obama added middle-class whites in winning coalition, author writes

Nov 6, 08 3:36 PM CST
(Newser) - New York celebrated Tuesday night, cheers ringing through Manhattan. “The last time a stranger hugged me on the street was September 11, 2001,” author Jay McInerney writes in the Independent, hailing the broadened coalition that made Barack Obama’s victory possible. “This moment feels like the obverse... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • New York City • Election 2008 • elitism • Jay McInerney • liberal elite

Hillary Bundler Picks McCain Over 'Elitist' Obama

Lynn Forester de Rothschild to endorse McCain-Palin

Sep 17, 08 2:09 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Democratic National Committee • fundraiser • bundlers • Republican candidate • Sarah Palin • elitism • party unity • Lynn Forester de Rothschild

Georgia Rep Calls Obamas 'Uppity' Elitists

White Congressman denies racial implications of slam

Sep 5, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(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. "... More »

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

Obama Flips 'Elitist' Tag
Onto McCain

Flap over number
of houses touches a nerve in both camps

Aug 22, 08 9:22 AM CDT
(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—... More »

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

OPINION

Dowd to GOP: The Elitism Crap Won't Work

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

Jun 25, 08 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. The cosseted conservatives' "hypocritical... More »

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

opinion

 What Hyde Park
 Tells Us About Obama 

Lefty enclave is racially mixed, but lofty

Jun 9, 08 7:37 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Opinion

No More
Mr. Nice Elitist

Bud-swilling Obama will connect with blue-collar votes if it kills him, Dowd writes

May 4, 08 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is trying his darnedest to shed the elitist vibe, writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times, ditching his dainty sips at a Pennsylvania brewery for big swigs of Bud at an Indiana VFW. But for a man of mixed race and a blue-collar upbringing, it’s proving... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • president • Democrat • Democratic campaign • blue-collar vote • elitism

 Michelle Touts
 Obamas as
  'Just Folks'

Once struggling wife battles hubby's  'elitist' reputation

Apr 20, 08 6:43 AM CDT
(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,... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • Election 2008 • elitism

ANALYSIS

 No Bittergate Bounce in Polls  

Obama loses a bit of Pennsylvania steam, but voters not deeply moved 

Apr 15, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • polling • Pennsylvania primary • Bittergate • elitism

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