Reply #36: Of course you do.

[graycem]

However, Obama himself does not make that claim. In fact he credits the military & government for giving his grandparents a hand up, which in turn helped him to avoid a life in chronic poverty, which is his entire point. The government should help everyone have a fair chance out of economically unfair situations. He's illustrating how it did just that in his life.

Obama does make a fair point that I agree with, people who have ever been recipients of food stamps can hardly be "elitists." George Bush is more of that type born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He only pretends that he doesn't think he's better than a certain class of people. I do not see that in Senator Obama. He seems to be the type who remembers his roots.

You can be sly and phrase it however you'd like, but we both know what was implied, and what label they're (the media) attempting to attach to him.

It doesn't matter, I was remarking it's silly, apparently you disagree. Our biases will not let us sway each other's minds. Simple as that. G'day. :)