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• Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:01 AM

  Whose elite, zenhead?

  George W. Bush: scion of old money New England WASPs, graduate of Phillips Academy, a private boarding school in Andover, MA; graduate of Yale University; graduate of Harvard Business School

  John McCain: son and grandson of Admirals (the aristocracy of the military); graduate of Episcopal H.S., private boarding school in Alexandria, VA graduate of Naval Academy at Annapolis

  You label Barack Obama "elitist" and many have applied the same label to Hillary Clinton, but if you look at their backgrounds, there are more similarities than differences:

  Hillary Clinton: born in Illinois to parents who have roots in Scrantion, PA; grew up in middle class suburb of Illinois; attended public school; graduated from Wellesley; graduated from Yale Law School

  Barack Obama: born in Honolulu, to a mother from Kansas; attended private (non-boarding) school, on scholarship; studied for 2 years at Occidental College; transferred to and graduated from Columbia University; graduated from Harvard Law School

  It boggles the mind that anyone can say Obama is more elite than Clinton, their family backgrounds and education are strikingly similar. No, the elitists in this picture are George W. Bush and John McCain who come from privileged backgrounds that the vast majority of Americans wouldn't even dream of.

  I am an Obama supporter but I admire Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama started out from humble roots and achieved amazing things - shouldn't we honor and respect both of them for this?

  —cecilbeanie Read cecilbeanie's other letters
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