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“You know, my dad took me out behind the cottage that my grandfather built on a little lake called Lake Winola outside of Scranton and taught me how to shoot when I was a little girl,” she said.
“You know, some people now continue to teach their children and their grandchildren. It’s part of culture. It’s part of a way of life. People enjoy hunting and shooting because it’s an important part of who they are. Not because they are bitter.” ...
"As I told you, my dad taught me how to shoot behind our cottage,” she said. “I have gone hunting. I am not a hunter. But I have gone hunting."
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Theda Skocpol writes in ...
I have been in meetings with the Clintons and their advisors where very clinical things were said in a very-detached tone about unwillingness of working class voters to trust government -- and Bill Clinton -- and about their unfortunate (from a Clinton perspective) proclivity to vote on life-style rather than economic issues. To see Hillary going absolutely over the top to smash Obama for making clearly more humanly sympathetic observations in this vein, is just amazing. Even more so to see her pretending to be a gun-toting non-elite. Give us a break! I wonder if she realizes that gaining a few days of lurid publicity that might reach a slice of voters is going to cost her a great deal in the regard of many Democrats, whose strong support she will need if she somehow claws her way to the nomination -- and even more so if she does not clinch the nomination. The distribution of "we're not bitter" stickers to her campaign rallies is the height of over-the-top crudity, and the reports are that very few audience members seem to have much enthusiasm for this nonsense. Not surprisingly, people cannot see the reasons for so much fuss.
Yes, she wants a big break, she desperately wants the nomination she and Bill believe is hers by right. We all know that. But where is her authenticity and her dignity and her sense of any proportion?
This has to be one of the few times in U.S. political history when a multi-millionaire has accused a much less wealthy fellow public servant, a person of the same party and views who made much less lucrative career choices, of "elitism"! (I won't say the only time, because U.S. political history is full of absurdities of this sort.) In a way, it is funny -- and it may not be long before the jokes start.
The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources.
It's not all about money. It's about how he and his wife act like they are better than everyone b/c of their Ivy league education and tell the rest of us we are racist if we don't vote for a black man.
Hillary + Bill = ($109 million dollar salary) = Elitist
This is more of a true definition that you won't see in the dictionary.
Over 7 or 8 years, not in one year. Check out Osama and Michelle....they aren't exactly eating in soup kitchens when she's getting massive salaries from hospital boards. It's about his attitude not the money but Osama supporters don't seem to be able to read.
Heaven-forbid we ever elect someone who could be considered a part of the intellectual "elite" - a self-made Harvard Law Review President, acclaimed author, and all-around smart guy. We should just elect your average joe - you know a simple, friendly, beer-drinking frat guy who got a pass in life because of his lineage who people like to have fun with. Oh wait. We did that already.
The true "elites," in the derogatory sense of the word, are the people like George W Bush who attained power through privileged ancestry and the affirmative action that is legacy college enrollment and string-pulling by your pappy. Obama is elitist in the sense that he is smarter than most of us and has achieved more than most of us. I frankly want this type of 'elitist" running the country, especially after the past 7 years of this country being run by a true elitist, a truly privileged imbecile.
America is ready for a smart person as president - for a change.
Hillary's huge salary is just part of the equation. Yes, Obama is definitely more in tune with the hard working American and by no means an "elitist". Hillary is throwing this word around to make herself look better and she is no position to talk. Lets talk facts instead of perception. Who is looking down upon people? Hillary. She is the one that hasn't paid people who provided her services back in Ohio. These hard working people deserve their money that is owed to them from her campaign. Oh, I know, she is "special" and doesn't need to pay these people. After all, she is HILLARY CLINTON. People should provide services for free. Right? Give me a break. I'd say she is looking down upon people. She is the one with all talk and no substance, not Obama.
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