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Why Did Obama Do Worse in N.C. Than Virginia? | 228 comments (228 topical)
Elitism (3.66 / 3) (#158)
by AnninCA on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:16:45 PM EST
is very different from adult conversations.  Mature adults, in fact, don't discuss people as though they are a "category."  Mature adults also recognize that they must apply the same principles to themselves as to others.  For example, if I am spiritually inclined, I would never suggest that someone else's beliefs are motivated out of some "lower" motive, as he did.

I very much disagree that he talked to the group as adults.  He and the wine-sippers were clucking over those slobs in PA who don't know any better.

We all got the message.

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You contradict yourself... (none / 0) (#209)
by sander60tx on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:41:06 PM EST
You say that "mature adults" don't speak of others as if they are a category, then you go on to call a certain group of people "wine-sippers."  Of course, you never said you were a "mature adult!"  Only that Obama wasn't.  I think that misses the point, though  The whole post is talking about categories of people and how Obama support among those groups has varied over time.   I wonder how much of that comes down to "likeability."  I wonder if those of us who identify with a particular candidate have an easier time excusing their flawed behavior (or not even recognizing it at all).  It's much easier for me to excuse Clinton than Obama, because I view him as a hypocrit and but I never felt that she portrayed herself as anything other than who she is, baggage and all.  

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Bingo! (none / 0) (#216)
by AnninCA on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:49:52 PM EST
I did, indeed, not claim that mantle.  :)

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Why Did Obama Do Worse in N.C. Than Virginia? | 228 comments (228 topical)

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