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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:32 PM Original message |
If you went to prep schools, lived in mansions most of your life and had 100M are you elitist? |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. nope she's clearly working class. |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Why is that? Being on the board at Walmart doesn't make you working class |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. oy vey it was sarcasm |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I got the sarcasm, BTW. Even got a chuckle out of me! nt |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. Welsh immigrants who worked their asses off. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. And already spent eight years in the white house... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Prep school is the new bogeyman of the day now? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Okay mea culpa -- She did go to public high school |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Didn't Obama go to prep school? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. See my mea cuulpa -- I looked it up and she went to high school |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. here you go: |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. My apologies. I guess prep schools are not elitist!!! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. Not if Obama went to one. Public high school IS elitist, however. |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Well again, if you were trying to figure out who was the elitist, does prep school or public ed.. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I thought Obama went to prep school |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. on Financial Aid..... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Doesn't matter, Clinton went to public HS, Obama went to prep school |
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bigbrother05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Public HS in an upper class suburb pre-forced busing days. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Boarding schools have a significant share of day students |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. And this means what? |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Since |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. The entire premise of the OP is that this is a truly silly attack for a democrat to make... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. Actually, we are in the same position to comment......although you assume much with little evidence. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Well then |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
58. You obviously never owned a business. |
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bigbrother05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Grew up in 'fly over" US |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. One of the most exclusive schools in Hawaii. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
57. Occidental College is not considered an Ivy League, that I recall..... |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Not quite. The word of the day is elitist, or elite. |
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washingdem (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. If your husband had check writing privileges from the Federal Reserve... |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. I also wonder how she can say that with a straight face. Given the size of her bank account. nt |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. If you have a summer cottage to go to as a little girl... |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Just focuse on duck-hunting at the summer cottage as a little girl |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. Clinton was not born with a silver spoon in her mouth. |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. Clinton is simply following the teachings of Rove and Bush |
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washingdem (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Doesn't Bush's face look punchable in that picture? |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. It's the battery pack on his back that concerns me. |
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washingdem (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. Must have left it on from that debate in 2004 where they fed him answers. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. yeah those millionnaire book writing attorneys, nothing elite about that nt |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. who went to prep school, Columbia and Princeton |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. I have no idea. If you are talking about Obama, he went to prep |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. Here's how I frame this |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. She lived in the Arkansas mansion prior to 1992. She wasn't ordinary then either. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I know |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. You might also look at the person who.. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. Elitism is an attitude--it makes not a whit what your income is. |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Elitism is a rediculous campaign slime...it matters not a whit what it means... |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Exactly. |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Are you talking about the right wing or the Clinton campaign? She's the one.. |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
34. i used to be sort of elitist. i was born and raised in manhattan, ... |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. "My children are above average" is offensive to you???? |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. no, like i said, there's nothing wrong with that thougt except it... |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Again, if every parent thinks that, how does this come off as arrogant? What does Hillary say about |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. never heard her say it in an interview. and i mention several things that come... |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
43. I've read that Hillary's family drove a cadillac when she was young. Doesn't sound blue collar to m |
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splat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Facts: He went to Penn State on a football scholarship and sold textiles |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
59. Because he worked his ass off and got lucky with his business. |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. So she wasn't an elitist untill she started living in her own (current) mansion? |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #59 |
68. That's her father, it's not Hillary. Her life has been much more comfortable than Obama's. |
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splat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
47. Was RFK elitist? It's not what you have, it's what you think about the rest of us |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Please tell me you don't really buy into this crap... |
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splat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I'm talking about people posting here! Like the only good voter is just like them |
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DAGDA56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
55. Is this a trick question? |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
60. I would look at the ones that belong to the Bilderberg Group! Oh & are on Dubai's payroll!!! |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
63. How about the one that lived in public housing most of adulthood? |
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phrigndumass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
65. Yup |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
66. Hillary is a hypocrite and a projecting narcissist. AND an Elitist. n/t |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
67. Could be. Might not be. Can't tell from externals like that. |
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Secret_Society (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
69. Elitism doesn't necessarily have to do with wealth |
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