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Re: Elitist Charge Not New for Obama

Kirby Wright — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:08:56 -0000

Check out my book PUNAHOU BLUES, especially the bus episode. That will give you an idea what students from other schools thought about kids attending Punahou.

Re: Elitist Charge Not New for Obama

local boi — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:33:37 -0000

funny, most locals aren't bitter that they didnt go to punahou, they just hate the "we're better than you" thinly veiled attitude that most pun alums have.

Re: Elitist Charge Not New for Obama

old91a10 — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:45:20 -0000

Fluff and nonsense. I am most concerned with Obama's political machinations that belie his message that concern me.

Handling of the Reverend Wright debacle -- one equivocation after another obfuscation;
association with Rezko -- eleven dilapidated affordable housing properties in his district;
association with Ayers and Dohrn -- confessed, convicted, and questionably repentant terrorists;
association with Auchi -- food for oil scams;
association with Exelon -- electric utility and nuclear waste disposal;
association with homophobes McClurken and Rev. Caldwell;
wife's huge pay raise after his election;
opposition to Feingold's censure of Bush over wiretaps;
rejection of Murtha's call for redeployment;
said Bush doing a good job in Iraq;
neglect of European Subcommittee -- ergo, missed opportunities for NATO cooperation;
support for the Bush Cheney energy plan;
vote for Bush's Class Action Fairness -- deprives legal recourse against large corporations;
correction for Bush's tax relief still favors upper incomes;
repeated votes for Patriot act;
skipped the Iran Resolution vote;
rhetoric invokes past Republican Administrations -- riddled with excesses and crimes;
has a weak record on FISA;
spokesperson equivocated on NAFTA while in Canada;
spokesperson equivocated on troop withdrawal while in England;
...;
Obama is afraid to debate H.R. Clinton.

Re: Elitist Charge Not New for Obama

alanjacobs — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:30:03 -0000

Very good article. I don't understand why Obama's camp can't seem to convey these humble begins and the fact that he succeeded as he did in the elite schools because of hard work and perserverence. Perhaps his demeanor on the stump screams something else and he talks over the common mana like Adlai Stevenson.

Re: Elitist Charge Not New for Obama

coyote808 — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:12:21 -0000

I spent early years (50's and 60's) in Hawaii. White's were a minority, well behind Asians. It seemed then that rifts were less between the races and more between affluent and poor.

Re: Elitist Charge Not New for Obama

coyote808 — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:03:41 -0000

Great article. Very interesting to hear of Obama's mediation skills emerging at such a young age.