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What do you think of the strategy of having Allen turn this back on the Dems and pointing out their elitist stereotyping of Southerners? There's a strong resentment among southerners at being considered unintelligent racist knuckle-draggers just because of geography and accent. Allen could turn this from a personal attack and use it to defend ALL Americans (especially southerners...especially white Virginians) against the libels of the libs and their abettors in the MSM.

Remember that ad from the 2004 campaign about "volvo driving, latte drinking" elitists? I think the Dems are open to a similar ad portraying them as thinking of themselves as oh-so-superior to the vast majority of Americans...especially those who live south of Washington D.C.

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Referring to that old ad, I now seem to recall that it was done in man-on-the-street format. I think Allen could put together a dynamite ad interviewing Virginians who respond that it could just as well been them. And that they consider the attacks on Allen as an attack on them personally.

[Miss Marple]

I think that's a pretty good idea. I also think it would help if Webb's background gets a little more investigation. I find it interesting that I have seen nothing about his background other than the few professional positions he has held. I happen to own a copy of "Born Fighting," which is a well-written book but reveals a bit about Webb, including his resentment that "his people" (the Scots-Irish) have always been called "rednecks" and "trailer trash." Methinks Webb has a huge inferiority complex, and also a really bad temper.

It seems odd to me that we have not heard from a bunch of past co-workers, childhood friends, college classmates, etc. The only other candidate who seems to have no past like Webb's is Hillary Clinton.