The Obama Con Job

[Herb Schaffler]

Fom Townhall concerning Hillary's elitism.

...in a development that speaks volumes about the public’s perception of Obama’s place amid the elites on the leftward end of the American political spectrum, she’s actually succeeded in repositioning herself not just as a moderate, but as “just folks” – the very antithesis of elitism.
We’ve seen this movie before. After her husband’s defeat in his first re-election campaign as governor of Arkansas, Hillary Rodham became “Hillary Clinton.” Now, she’s become a whisky-drinkin’, God-invokin’ (and “g”-dropping) candidate, with a persona clearly designed to maximize her appeal to the blue-collar constituency keeping her campaign afloat. Just folks. If Hillary has shown anything over a lifetime of climbing the greasy pole of political power, it’s that she’s willing become whatever you want her to be.
The cynicism behind this move is remarkable. Like her repeated falsehoods about taking sniper fire in Bosnia, it reveals a certain implicit disdain for the intelligence of the public – and an unbounded belief in the gullibility of the blue-collar Democrat voter.
Hillary’s lifetime of cultivating advantageous connections, her work on the Watergate Committee, her service on the board of Wal-Mart, her regular attendance at the gathering of achievers known as “Renaissance Weekend,” her new status as a multi-millionaire – all are questionable credentials for someone presenting herself as the champion of the lunch-pail set. In fact, her condemnation of Barack Obama as an elitist – in particular, the “man on the street” ad she used in Pennsylvania to such devastating effect – is at its core a breathtaking act of hypocrisy.

After all, Hillary Clinton is, perhaps, the only politician who’s come of age as tenderly nurtured in the bosom of the liberal elite as Barack Obama. Of course, he won early attention for his election as the first black President of The Harvard Law Review – but she garnered glowing plaudits from the press (and the cover of TIME) for her rebuke of Senator Edward Brooke during her college commencement address. He may be a product of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, but Hillary claims Wellesley College and Yale Law School as her almae matres. He may have been too friendly with Reverend Jeremiah Wright – but as Tom Hayden recently noted, she hung out her shingle at a left-wing San Francisco law firm that defended Black Panthers and accused communists.
Even Hillary’s early missteps on the national stage are strangely reminiscent of Barack’s. For all the furor elicited by his “bitter” remarks, her comments about how she could have “stayed home and baked cookies and had teas” revealed a similar (if more truculent) unfamiliarity with – and disdain for – the lives and concerns of those less privileged (or with different priorities) than she.

[Herb Schaffler]

"I thought I was just being cynical when I doubted Obama's sincerity when he denounced his pastor, but according to Rasmussen, most Americans feel the same way."


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From a report at Newsmax.com:

Poll: Voters Approve of Obama's Handling of Wright Situation


Sunday, May 4, 2008 6:29 PM

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WASHINGTON -- Most voters think Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has done a good job handling the controversy surrounding his longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, according to a poll released Sunday.

In a CBS News/New York Times poll, 60 percent of voters - and 68 percent of Democratic primary voters - said they approved of the way Obama handled the situation.

[nohil-billy]

We can agree to disagree on this one but I see Obama as the biggest elitist of the three. When he doesn't get his own way or people don't agree with him, he belittles them as having the problem or not being able to understand. He doesn't work for their vote, he dismisses them as out of touch. I don't know if your familiar with the fable, "The Fox and the Grapes" but that's the kind of attitude I see from Obama when somebody doesn't agree with him.