Reply #46: loveangelic, I appreciate your rational position on this matter.

[MoonRiver]

It's a breath of fresh air. BUT, I differ in your analysis that because Obama didn't grow up in a wealthy family he is de facto, not an elitist. Many wealthy people grew up poor and many are some of the biggest snobs on this earth (remember Leona Helmsley). Also, Bill and Hillary Clinton are being called elitists by Obama supporters on DU, but Bill grew up in extremely poor conditions, and was also raised by a single mother. I don't think Hillary was poor but neither was she extremely wealthy as a child. She was probably upper middle class.

I'm just saying that one can definitely be an elitist and have been raised in poverty.