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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:18 PM Original message |
Here they go with the "educated elite" stuff again...using it on Obama just like they did Dean in 04 |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. How is that any different than people using the uneducated that support Hillary? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. They are wrong to do that. |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
48. I read another take on this |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. and un hip!! |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. What's wrong with being informed and curious? |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. It is quite a hoot to watch them operate |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. Many people mistakenly associate intellectualism with arrogance and snobishness. |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. Having an education is elitist ??? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. It's not about the candidate, it's about the voters. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yes, both are equally bad. |
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Grandrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Oh Lord...you nailed it perfectly! |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. I find it rather humorous, I would suggest that the opposite of educated elite |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. Good analysis. It's a double edged sword, too, that they strike both ways with. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Yes, it does work against both of them. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. "they" are such... monsters! |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. This country has always had an anti-intellectual streak. |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Richard Hofstadter's "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life" is an excellent read on that subject. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. I keep waiting for the next step: WWJHABW |
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Rottenmac (127 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
40. Im making stickers of that right now. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. It appeals to their uneducated core... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. LOL |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I rest my case. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Since I agree with you that it was also an insult to Hillary... |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Sorry I meant to respond to the person you responded to. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Thanks. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Back atcha. |
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Cobalt-60 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. More proof why siblings shouldnt mate |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #28 |
58. The guy with the rotten teethe and poor hygene... |
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Grandrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
50. LOL!!!! |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. After six years of being led by a member of the UN-educated elite |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
19. The Gallup analysis is an extremely shoddy piece of work |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 07:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
43. Gallup's analysis should show their own prejudice in their "polling" |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Here, I don't know (or think) the polling was skewed |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. Deleted message |
madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. How many professors do you know...Greenworld. |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I know quite a few. And I am one. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Gotcha... |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
26. But I thought King George was educated elite with his 'HAVAD MBA' and all? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. And Bush himself said the "elite" was his "base" |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. What the HELL is so bad about education? |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. Oh my, I didn't go through college |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
37. God forbid the unwashed masses ... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
38. "the educated don't pick them"....a view from a blogger |
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Rottenmac (127 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:41 AM Response to Original message |
39. How about this... |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:50 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Yeah, Bush Went to Yale and Harvard, On Paper |
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Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
42. Fuck the intelligent! Morans rule! |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
45. They have no choice |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
46. And yet another article using almost the same words.... |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
47. Bill Maher did a bit on the perception of the Elite |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. Look where ignorance and stupidity has gotten the country |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
51. This article says educated supporters will actually hurt him. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 10:39 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. What a ridiculous claim. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. It's stupid, but they did it to us in 04. |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:32 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. These are the same people who made "liberal" a dirty word |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-17-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
54. The "educated" actually vote... |
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democratsin08 (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
56. lol |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
57. I guess this actually means that those who support R's are |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
59. Am I misreading this, or is this a concrete illustration |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Put down the educated by use of the word "elite"... |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
60. The same tactic used against Adlai Stevenson |
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Nedsdag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
62. Every time one of the so-called elitist candidates lose |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
63. Aww... |
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