And, yes, I DO take it personally: How did Hillary and McCain manage to simultaneously come up with "elitism" as a way to slam Barack Obama?

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Saturday, April 12, 2008

How did Hillary and McCain manage to simultaneously come up with "elitism" as a way to slam Barack Obama?

cnn's "best political team" (sez them) looks at the joint clinton-mccain attack on obama after obama committed the cardinal sin of making a truthful observation in public...

here's obama's response to hillary and john...

three observations...

one... why is hillary hell-bent on acting like a republican...? are hillary and mccain coordinating on this shit...? did they agree that "elitism" was going to be the attack point...?

two... obama's response is powerful, not just for its emotional content, but because it's fundamentally, undeniably true... i don't think anyone can listen to the words he says and not find herself shaking her head in agreement...

three... i want so desperately for obama to be the real thing... please, please, please, let him be the real thing...

Labels: 2008 candidates, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, CNN, Hillary Clinton, John McCain