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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:53 AM Original message |
To all of the HRC supporters calling Obama 'an elitist'...please explain something to me. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. They know who has the voting power and they don't stand aloof from them |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. HRC has implied that the only states that counted... |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Maybe you should provide actual quotations |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. as a rural voter, I don't feel that he "dissed" us in anyway |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. do you think the media has underestimated you? |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #15 |
61. I would say the media has "dissed" us |
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Lovesgunslovesgod (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. My interpretation |
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shugah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #38 |
54. but you weren't going to vote for him anyway |
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Lovesgunslovesgod (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I think you are presuming |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #54 |
70. Yeah, I'd be interested as to why the talking point the person you |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #38 |
63. Well, I'd like to know what is more important to you? |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
66. Obama wasn't (as I interpreted it) speaking of the |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #38 |
79. Well, then, if you |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. What I see... |
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Lovesgunslovesgod (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
60. Be careful |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. I am a rural voter. and I don't need your elitest bullshit. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. 81% of Americans live in cities and suburbs |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #40 |
83. The other 19% get to choose our Presidents |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. I do not believe he is an elitist anymore than Bush is the problem |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Fair enough... |
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Windy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The effects of NAFTA/GAT took years to come to fruition. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Ya know, Nafta turned out badly in a number of ways, but it actually |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
81. Ahem - Wrong, as usual, |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. It doesn't matter if they are or not! |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. wow |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Lerk. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. heh, sorry dude |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Watch them pistols cowboy! |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. LOL! true that. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I'm just pissed at the combination of |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. agreed. its so obviously a scorched earth campaign at this point that they are |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #35 |
85. I'm just having fun on a slow day at work with them |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
84. It's the ability to act like a regular person to voter's face that works in American Politics |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
10. They don't court the voters while making snide remarks behind their backs |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Bob Herbert was on Morning Joe today. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. oh stop. "HRC has done this before" |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Well, a lot of regular people then "misconstrued" his words. |
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Lovesgunslovesgod (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Amen |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Psst! Hillary is a fatcat. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Psst, she didn't put down her party's base. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Good point. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #41 |
58. Oh yeah, she's such a Repug. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #22 |
45. Pssst,Obama is a fatcat |
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Lovesgunslovesgod (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. He attended very expensive schools |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Let's see: |
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Lovesgunslovesgod (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
48. I was angry |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
11. Could we please (Hillary included) STOP |
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splat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
13. They can bowl? |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Even Nixon could bowl |
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splat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
42. Yup, no elitist there, he whipped up the "Silent Majority" who felt dissed by Dems |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
16. HRC doesn't cling to her faith or patronize conservatives. |
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TheUniverse (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
20. I think its safe to say every credible presidental candidate ever has been an elitist |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. I think that's not safe to say at all. |
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LeFleur1 (973 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
78. NO... |
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TheUniverse (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #78 |
82. I think the Cherokee would disagree! |
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SeaLyons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
21. Elitist = Out of touch arrogance |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
67. Arrogant? No, just uppity. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
27. OH STOP Calling OUT Hillary Supporters!! Do your own reseach!! ********* |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. i'm not calling out anyone... |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
31. The way I see it it's bigger than how they aren't elitist. That really doesn't matter. |
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Lovesgunslovesgod (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Drinks at the bar |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #43 |
57. You've not been paying attention to recent politics if you really don't see how her bar field trip |
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Lovesgunslovesgod (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #57 |
64. Don't understand your comments |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #64 |
71. You're right, you don't understand. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
33. Elitism is a way of thinking. Obama demonstrates it over and over. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. well, since clinton will lose, I suppose that means you'll vote for mccain? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #36 |
44. State in my post where I "admire him so much" |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. abracadabra |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #50 |
92. Silly post you have there. Elitism is not a code word for uppity |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
89. hey, I answered your query and instead YOU shut up instead of me |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #89 |
91. You evidently wouldn't know it if it hit you in your face |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. IMO, you have the latest code figured correctly. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. yep, its blatantly transparent. |
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Moderate-Democrate (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
49. They are not snobish |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
52. There 100's of millions of dollars between the 2 of em is worth less because of inflation? Jus tryin |
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Lovesgunslovesgod (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
55. My take |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. What did Obama say that was incorrect? Hell I live out in the boondocks |
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Lovesgunslovesgod (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #59 |
68. Sorry |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #68 |
90. Well my unemployed neighbor is right now shooting his gun in his backyard, and |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
62. It's funny watching DUers pretend not to grasp the irony of the Hundred Million Dollar Couple... |
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Lovesgunslovesgod (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #62 |
72. The hundred million dollar couple had nothing |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
65. money does not equal elitist. and we are not saying he IS elitist, we are saying what he SAID was |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. What he said was not elitist; Hillary's and the MSM's spin is duping people |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. no, actually, what he said was... what he meant may not be. |
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Lovesgunslovesgod (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #65 |
75. I agree |
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wowimthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #65 |
76. And voting for a war doesn't create an eligibility argument? You know how you sound? |
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wowimthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
74. it's the media duping others... not me... Media "elite" are stupid... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
77. Crown Royal whiskey. |
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wowimthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
80. People are falling all over themselves talking out of their own asses... |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. Agreed. This is bullshit. |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
86. You confuse wealth with elitism. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
88. Hi Elrond! Do you know where I can find this? |
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