I find it very interesting that Obama is still supposedly fighting the stigma of elitism as thrown at him by first Hillary and then McCain. I say supposedly because although I read this from the national media, I have yet to come across anyone I know who is denouncing Obama for it.

Maybe it's because what he said actually made some sense. In hard times a lot of people do turn to religion and to guns both of which can make them feel more comfortable with their lack of control of the world around them.

Also is it just possible that people who make modest amounts of money and are affected much more by variances in the cost of living and the availability of good jobs would have a little bitterness toward those they might feel are responsible for their plight? DOH? What do you think?

Then you have his political opponents who are trying to throw that charge at Obama. First you have Clinton who with her husband has earned around $100 million since Bill left the Oval Office and have left the realm of true empathy with the middle class. Secondly, you have McCain who after divorcing his first wife in a less than moralistic situation married his paramour who happens to be the heiress of a beer brewery fortune. Yeah, he sure has a lot of understanding and empathy for for us peons out here. Give me a break.

Obama and his wife had a $4.5 million one-time blip (from his book and some extra work she did) on their regular combined annual income of $258,000 so while they are not paupers for sure, they are certainly more in tune with people who are trying to work for a living.

Why is America so seemingly hell-bent on not electing someone who has a very high degree of intelligence and self-control and tries to address issues like an adult instead of with sound-bite platitudes? Obama's speech on the racial situation after the Rev. Wright entered the scene was so incredibly smart and reasonable without any pandering that I almost found it impossible to believe that a Presidential candidate in this time had made it. Yet the media wants to continue giving multiple breaks to McCain (whose vitriolic temper tantrums are legendary) because the public would want more to have a beer with him than the other candidates. Or wants to give Hillary some breaks from criticism of her scorched earth policy (if not me then no Democrat is going to win) because she is such a fighter. Crap!

Hillary is going to give us Bush III and it doesn't bother her a bit. She's even pandering to Bill "Dirty Phonecall" O'Reilly and it's just plain sad both for her and the Democratic Party. What is she going to do next? Visit Rush and then Sean???? It wouldn't surprise me.

Stay tuned.....