Read more elitism stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/29406/elitism.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:47:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65965/palin-channels-ahmadinejad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have their differences—but their images, politics, and even life stories show significant overlap, writes Juan Cole for Salon . Both are former governors of “frontier states,” both drum up support through “wounded nationalism,” and both battle foreign influence. “Above all,” however, “both are populists who...http://www.newser.com/story/65965/palin-channels-ahmadinejad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 9:13:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/41920/nycs-elite-happy-for-reinforcements-mcinerney.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York celebrated Tuesday night, cheers ringing through Manhattan. “The last time a stranger hugged me on the street was September 11, 2001,” author Jay McInerney writes in the Independent , hailing the broadened coalition that made Barack Obama’s victory possible. “This moment feels like the obverse of that. … After...http://www.newser.com/story/41920/nycs-elite-happy-for-reinforcements-mcinerney.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Nov 2008 15:36:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37687/hillary-bundler-picks-mccain-over-elitist-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDemocratic fundraiser and ardent Hillary Clinton supporter Lynn Forester de Rothschild will endorse the McCain-Palin ticket today, Muckety reports. De Rothschild, who worked with the Democratic National Committee, has been a steadfast critic of the Dems’ decision to nominate Barack Obama, whom she called an untrustworthy “elitist” in a July...http://www.newser.com/story/37687/hillary-bundler-picks-mccain-over-elitist-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Sep 2008 14:09:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36703/georgia-rep-calls-obamas-uppity-elitists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Atlanta-area Congressman described Barack and Michelle Obama as belonging to "an elitist class ... that thinks that they’re uppity,” CQPolitics reports. Lynn Westmoreland's comments, inspired by questions about recent speeches by Sarah Palin and Michelle Obama, touched off a linguistic battle over the word's racial implications. "I’ve never heard that...http://www.newser.com/story/36703/georgia-rep-calls-obamas-uppity-elitists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Sep 2008 11:10:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35515/obama-flips-elitist-tag-onto-mccain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn McCain's inability to recall how many homes he owns could throw a wrench in his attempt to paint Obama as an elitist, the Washington Post reports. The furious back and forth between camps—the Obama team pounced and mocked, while McCain's charged hypocrisy and pulled out the Rezko card—...http://www.newser.com/story/35515/obama-flips-elitist-tag-onto-mccain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 Aug 2008 9:22:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30849/dowd-to-gop-the-elitism-crap-wont-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Republicans have been unrelenting in their attempts to paint Barack Obama as an elitist—pretty rich stuff, writes Times columnist Maureen Dowd, coming from a party led by a Connecticut-born "Richie Rich" whose daddy has bailed out his snide self time and again. The cosseted conservatives' "hypocritical comedy" might...http://www.newser.com/story/30849/dowd-to-gop-the-elitism-crap-wont-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Jun 2008 9:14:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29588/what-hyde-park-tells-us-about-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag"It is the most racially integrated neighborhood in the nation's most racially segregated city," Andrew Ferguson writes in the Weekly Standard of the area in south Chicago Barack Obama calls home. It's a college town, a lefty enclave where the moneyed mix with boho bookworms, and "NPR announcer" types walk...http://www.newser.com/story/29588/what-hyde-park-tells-us-about-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Jun 2008 19:37:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26489/no-more-mr-nice-elitist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama is trying his darnedest to shed the elitist vibe, writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times, ditching his dainty sips at a Pennsylvania brewery for big swigs of Bud at an Indiana VFW. But for a man of mixed race and a blue-collar upbringing, it’s proving a...http://www.newser.com/story/26489/no-more-mr-nice-elitist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 May 2008 12:31:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25085/michelle-touts-obamas-as-just-folks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichelle Obama is hammering home a message that she and her husband are just “regular folks" of humble backgrounds. She has become a key weapon as the candidate continues to be buffeted by criticisms that he's "elitist" in the wake of his characterization of rural America as Bible-thumping, gun-toting and...http://www.newser.com/story/25085/michelle-touts-obamas-as-just-folks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Apr 2008 6:43:16 CDT