Reply #35: How can you relate to all of them?

[draft_mario_cuomo]

==I relate to Obama==

Obama is a millionaire who went to Harvard. His wife is also a Harvard Law grad. They live in a $1.6 million house. You can relate to that?

==Richardson, Dodd, Biden, Kucinich==

I don't know the details of these candidates but I do know their incomes are well into the six figures. Kucinich is cited as the "average" candidate yet even he makes over $165,000 a year. Sadly, presidential politics is reserved only for the wealthy.

==I can't relate to a woman getting a $1000+ haircut; it's elitist.==

But you can relate to a $1.6 million house owned by a Harvard grad with a Harvard grad wife who serves on corporate boards?

==Gore==

Gore? Gore's father was a senator. Gore grew up wealthy.

==Clark==

Clark is now a millionaire as well.

It seems you are singling Edwards out for special scorn. If you don't like him, fine. Why wrap it up under the pretense of him being a wealthy elitist when you excuse the wealth of others?

==I prefer those who pull themselves up to the Presidency by their own bootstraps, so to speak ==

Like John Edwards. Edwards came from a middle-class background...