Reply #96: On reflection, I have to agree with you, even though I wrote something else yesterday

[bread_and_roses]

...maybe partially just out of jadedness with the gasping death throes of HRC's campaign, I was thinking yesterday that her use of O's words against him was no more than politics as usual. I was overlooking how often the "elitist" label has been used against most particularly anything/anyone progressive, but also against Ds in general.

(There's a terrific image in "What's the Matter With Kansas" on this....the ragged serfs storming the castle gates howling "We're here to lower your taxes!")

She could have chosen a positive route....something along the lines of "the PA-ians I know may have been knocked around by the R favor the rich policies but they are tough and ready to fight back..." blah blah blah etc (I'm sure her speechwriters are better than mine, lol).

But by calling out the RW "elitist" step she once again props up the REAL elitists stomping all over all our commons, destroying the future of our young, destroying the very planet in their obscene greed for money and power.