This letter is associated with the following article:
Letters
Monday, March 31, 2008 12:00 AM

Barack Obama, working-class hero?

On a bus tour through Pennsylvania, Obama tries to impress blue-collar white voters. He'll need them to keep the state close in April -- or to win it in November.
By Mike Madden

Read other letters about this article

  • Monday, March 31, 2008 11:38 AM

    @ zetella

    Also, while we're on the topic, didn't I hear that Obama actually transferred to Columbia?

    Meaning he went to a "lesser" (i.e., non-Ivy League or whatever) school first, essentially "working his way up" to Columbia?

    In other words, he didn't just coast from Andover to Yale to Harvard or any such thing, right? He actually worked to go to those schools, unlike our current Flunky-in-Chief.

    (Exhibit A for why white privilege harms all of us.)

    —weeping for brunnhilde Read weeping for brunnhilde's other letters

    Flag
Read other letters about this article

Most Active Letters Threads

370

A key British official reminds us of the forgotten anthrax attack

A vast array of establishment and expert sources do not believe this episode was really resolved.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
205

Is Obama's civil liberties record understandable?

Was it unreasonable to expect him to adhere to his commitments regarding the Constitution?
Glenn Greenwald Read article
105

How dare you criticize wasteful defense spending!

So you think it's only terrorist-appeasing lefties who are down on Pentagon profligacy? Think again
By David Sirota Read article
98

The crazy, irrational beliefs of Muslims

Tom Friedman explains the real problem: stupid Muslims think the U.S. is about war and aggression.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
51

Police to talk to Woods

Early morning crash raises questions, and revives tabloid speculation
By DOUG FERGUSON, Associated Press Read article

View all »

Letters Help

Currently in Salon