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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 10:59 AM
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McCain Camp: "Elite opinion looks down with contempt at people who are not part of their world"

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1839416,00.html

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For the past week, the campaign has written off much of the skepticism about the qualifications of vice presidential pick Sarah Palin as the reaction of a biased media establishment out of touch with real Americans. "She's not part of the Washington D.C. cocktail circuit," Steve Schmidt, one of McCain's senior advisers, told TIME. "Elite opinion looks down with contempt at people who are not part of their world." Left unmentioned was the fact that McCain himself has been an A-List member of the Washington elite since he arrived in the capital more than 30 years ago.

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Whether the confusion between news sources is real — and it's understandable, given the dramatic changes in the media landscape between the 2004 and 2008 elections — or convenient strategy, there's no question that anger at the press can be effective. It may even help McCain narrow his longstanding "enthusiasm gap" — the glaring difference between the intensity of support for McCain compared to support for Obama — with the Republican base. But some Republicans worry that neither play will lift McCain to victory in November. "They're getting the base excited, that's obvious," says a GOP strategist not affiliated with the campaign. "But these are tactics that get you to 45 percent. I don't see their strategy to get McCain to 50 percent. And {by attacking the media} they're doing harm to McCain's brand." Said another GOP consultant attending the festivities in St. Paul: "Attack the media is what you do when you're losing."

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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 11:00 AM
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1. Elite people look down on community organizers.
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 11:00 AM
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2. They lost this when they attacked community volunteers.
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renate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 11:04 AM
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3. it's true
I totally look down on people who aren't part of the Washington D.C. cocktail circuit.

It's like Steve Schmidt read my mind.
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 11:04 AM
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4. The "elite" unlike the potential first lady that wore a $300k outfit to the convention.
Yeah, those are REGULAR people alright! And Palin who earned over 70k to be the mayor of a tiny town (when towns around me that are larger have mayors making $380.00 a month (yes, a month!)

If being a regular person means that I attack community volunteers, have no regard for the environment, believe that Iraq is a "task from God", think no one should have access to birth contol, and am anti-choice and pro censorship, then I must be ELITE. And damn proud of it. Of course... even the Palin's make more $$$ than I do.
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denverbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 11:09 AM
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5. Those who don't know how many glasses houses they live in shouldn't cast stones.
Elitist asshole.

Why don't you go tell a joke about some little girl's looks again? Maybe pick Palin's 17-year old daughter this time instead of Chelsea Clinton again.
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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 11:10 AM
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6. They are correct about this.
And they would know, since THEY are the elitist assholes.
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