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Democrats Need To Shake The "Elitist" Tag (Great Article By Lady Lynn Forester De Rothschild!)
Wall Street Journal ^ | 9/11/2008 | Lady Lynn Forester De Rothschild

Posted on 09/21/2008 6:01:53 AM PDT by goldstategop

If Barack Obama loses the presidential election, it may well be the result of a public perception that he is detached and elitist -- a politician whose expressions of empathy for hard-working Americans stem more from abstract solidarity than a real connection to the lives of millions of citizens.

Suggestions that Sen. Obama has failed to relate to working- and middle-class voters in swing states have dogged his campaign for months. His choice of Sen. Joseph Biden as his running mate only marginally corrects the problem.

While Obama supporters attempt to dismiss the charges about their candidate's perceived hauteur, they confuse privilege and elitism. Elitism is a state of mind, a view of the world that cannot be measured simply by one's net worth, position or number of houses. Throughout American history, there have been extremely wealthy figures who have devoted themselves to genuinely nonelitist principles. (Franklin Delano Roosevelt is probably the best-known example.) At the same time, many from modest backgrounds, like Harry Truman's foil, Thomas Dewey, personified elitism.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008election; democraticparty; derothschild; elitism; hillaryvote; johnmccain; ladylynnderothschild; liberalism; mccainpalin; obama; obamabiden; puma; snob; wallstreetjournal; worldstreetjournal; wsj
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To: goldstategop

Being called a snob by a Rothschild has gotta hurt.


21 posted on 09/21/2008 6:58:29 AM PDT by Tribune7 (How is inflicting pain and death on an innocent, helpless human being for profit, moral?)
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To: goldstategop

Thanks. That is a really great piece.


22 posted on 09/21/2008 6:59:52 AM PDT by Paul_B
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To: goldstategop
As he talks of himself, and his supporters talk about the amazing Obamaness of Obama, it is no wonder that millions of Americans, including loyal Democrats, still question whether his presidency would reinforce the splendor of Barack Obama rather than protect them and enhance their lives.

Ah, yes. The amazing Obamaness of Obama. Great line!

23 posted on 09/21/2008 7:04:22 AM PDT by Dianna
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To: Dawn531

Painful. Campbell Brown is truly an idiot.


24 posted on 09/21/2008 7:06:37 AM PDT by Paul_B
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To: Tax-chick
I loved the way Ms. de Rothschild kept talking in her calm, measured way while Campbell Brown (and where the FReep was her blouse?) nattered like a nincompoop.

That was quite impressive. She kept on point, and even managed to throw in a "you're the elitist" at the end ! THey should use her more often.

25 posted on 09/21/2008 7:13:24 AM PDT by Red Boots
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To: Red Boots

I don’t think the mediatwit is used to facing an interviewee who is so self-possessed. If there’s a good way of being an “elite,” it would be a person to whom the likes of Campbell Brown are totally irrelevant, for good or ill.


26 posted on 09/21/2008 7:17:45 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Even for a thin-skinned solipsistic narcissist, Obama seems a frightful po-faced pill." ~Mark Steyn)
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To: goldstategop
theres a difference between Elite, and ElitIST.

one is, the other THINKS he is...

27 posted on 09/21/2008 7:27:33 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - McCain/Palin'08 = http://www.johnmccain.com/)
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To: Dianna

The amazing Obamaness of Obama. Great line!

Yes. She put her finger on what’s most troubling about him. The Obamatator is really full of himself for no apparent reason.

I hope the elitist Dalibama shows up for the debate.


28 posted on 09/21/2008 7:37:29 AM PDT by y6162 (uot)
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To: goldstategop


29 posted on 09/21/2008 7:40:01 AM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is not 'free'.)
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To: goldstategop
There is no better proof of Obama’s elitism than his infamous comments about “bitter people clinging to their guns and religion”. This is exactly what liberal elitists think of those of us in flyover country. Obama is truly in his element hobnobbing with the limousine liberals in San Fransisco or the likes of Babara Streisand and the Hollywood leftists where utter disdain for the for average Americans is the norm.
30 posted on 09/21/2008 7:40:11 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
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To: jan in Colorado

Me too.....I would like to hear more from her. I was impressed.


31 posted on 09/21/2008 7:44:15 AM PDT by TET1968 (SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
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To: Dawn531

Being an Elitist has nothing to do with having money or jet setting across the country Campbell.
Lady Rothschild has CLASS. BHO does not......


32 posted on 09/21/2008 7:48:39 AM PDT by palady
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To: Dawn531

I noticed there are already several videos attacking her as ‘elitist’ at Youtube. The left really delights in diversity, don’t they?


33 posted on 09/21/2008 8:02:51 AM PDT by arkady_renko
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To: Mr. K
I am still trying to figure out what and ‘Arugula’ is an why Obamarama complains they are too expensive.

Me too. I went to our local market (small town, clinging to religion and guns) and asked where in the store I could find some "arugula'" The produce guy gave me a funny look. He had no idea what it was either.

34 posted on 09/21/2008 8:15:01 AM PDT by Inyo-Mono (No longer holding my nose to vote - McCain/Palin 2008!)
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To: Tax-chick

Note that the media is piling on with RACE as the reason he could lose. What fries me is that he is a socialist pacifist and that is the major reason people should be wary of this radical. If he were Thomas Sowell, he would win!


35 posted on 09/21/2008 8:19:53 AM PDT by phillyfanatic
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To: phillyfanatic

....socialist pacifist ....

That doesn’t count


36 posted on 09/21/2008 8:22:05 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Conservation? Let the NE Yankees freeze.... in the dark)
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To: Mr. K
I am still trying to figure out what and ‘Arugula’ is an why Obamarama complains they are too expensive.

I didn't know what it was either, so I looked it up. It's a salad green.

37 posted on 09/21/2008 8:23:02 AM PDT by GoLightly
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To: goldstategop

I think it’s funny to have someone married to a landed knight do this. It’s so outrageous that it’s effective.


38 posted on 09/21/2008 8:29:46 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Dawn531

Comment section is full of people trying to play the race card.


39 posted on 09/21/2008 8:32:24 AM PDT by GoLightly
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