I feel myself getting riled up, so I'll wait until later to click that link. Yes... it's mind-boggling how Obama can be portrayed an as elitist when McCain is the one who married an heiress.
And he's the son of an admiral who's father was an admiral as I recall.
There's some comment, who knows if substantiated, that he only survived the Naval Academy because of that family connection. We do know he was pretty much a screw-up in academics and behavior.
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Re: thanks!
Date: 2008-10-01 06:00 pm (UTC)Re: thanks!
Date: 2008-10-01 06:20 pm (UTC)There's some comment, who knows if substantiated, that he only survived the Naval Academy because of that family connection. We do know he was pretty much a screw-up in academics and behavior.