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Sure He's Rich. So What?
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 8/21/2008
Sure He's Rich. So What?
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Ugh. McCain invited accusations of elitism by calling Obama an arugula-loving, berry-tea-drinking, Starbucks-swilling, elite liberal know-nothing. But watching the left attack McCain for having multiple houses and $520 shoes is not exactly uplifting either.

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John McCain’s Houses
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... that it takes some really bogus math to come up with some of the high numbers of McCain property opponents are touting. Andrew Sullivan , who some have accused of being over-the-top in his praise for Obama and criticism of McCain, likewise gives this a big, “So what?”  He’s right, too, that this is tit for tat: McCain invited accusations of elitism by calling Obama an arugula-loving, berry-tea-drinking, Starbucks-swilling, elite liberal know-nothing. But watching the left attack McCain for having multiple houses and $520 shoes is not exactly uplifting either. Indeed.  The ...

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