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Shanti Mama

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11. The point is good, but Obama's mother was hardly working class

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2020, 09:01 AM

Jan 2020

If we're going to spread memes I'd like them to be accurate. She wasn't educated at the Ivies or anything like that, but she didn't work at Walmart or drive a truck. She had a PhD from U of Hawaii I think and worked abroad for development organizations.

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When Republicans say "Elitist" they really mean "Smart". [View all] Soph0571 Jan 2020 OP

When Republicans say "smart", they really mean "rich". DetlefK Jan 2020 #1

I agree with you but... OldBaldy1701E Jan 2020 #7

That's a meme that began in the Middle-Ages. DetlefK Jan 2020 #8

Great idea for a screenplay TheRickles Jan 2020 #10

It would probably never sell OldBaldy1701E Jan 2020 #15

It's always been a thing, but it seems to have ramped up to nuclear levels in the 80s StarfishSaver Jan 2020 #21

Calvinism...basically the rich are rich precisely because God favors them. Wounded Bear Jan 2020 #23

they have a poor interpretation bdamomma Jan 2020 #30

"President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob!" NCLefty Jan 2020 #2

Santorum... rickyhall Jan 2020 #14

Frothy. Iggo Jan 2020 #17

Dan Quayle started that nonsense of Democrats being elites. no_hypocrisy Jan 2020 #3

Conservatives worked that line long before Quayle JHB Jan 2020 #5

Do you mean Adlai Stevenson or FDR? no_hypocrisy Jan 2020 #24

It doesn't even have to mean smart, gab13by13 Jan 2020 #4

Not to GOPers! BlueMTexpat Jan 2020 #12

That's a very good definition of smart. Iggo Jan 2020 #18

Smart, or at least "educated". whathehell Jan 2020 #6

Yep. ehrnst Jan 2020 #9

The point is good, but Obama's mother was hardly working class Shanti Mama Jan 2020 #11

Do you know anything about the salaries BlueMTexpat Jan 2020 #13

I get it. Lived in Asia for 20 years Shanti Mama Jan 2020 #25

If you are referring to those in the cushier HQ jobs, perhaps. BlueMTexpat Jan 2020 #28

Duh. (n/t) Iggo Jan 2020 #16

Agree and Let's ask Trump what he thinks. bronxiteforever Jan 2020 #19

Not just "smart," but capable of and interested in continuing to learn new things StarfishSaver Jan 2020 #20

The GOP is full of idiots Gothmog Jan 2020 #22

Exactly! ElementaryPenguin Jan 2020 #26

...and 'elitist' wear deodorant.. samnsara Jan 2020 #27

they are not smart bdamomma Jan 2020 #29

I would add, too smart/intelligent for someone born into modest means dlk Jan 2020 #31