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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:00 AM

Obama's early stumbles

Readers ask, Camille dishes: On Democratic woes, the Weather Underground, Kanye West, Freud, alleged gay genes and "the long sleep."
By Camille Paglia

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  • Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:04 PM

    Does anyone else find it laughably hilarious and ironic...

    that Paglia describes the mainstream media as "urban elite?" Is there a better definition of Paglia herself that I'm not aware of? A Master's from Yale with a best-selling book titled "Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson" and somehow Katie Couric and Dick Cavett are elitist?

    Give me a break and please stop wrapping yourself in the transparent cape of the everyman.

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