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For all the verbosity and pseudo-intellectualism, Jeffrey Lord's article can be summarized in a syllogism:

1. Senator Obama said some folks in the mid-West are bitter and cling to their guns and religion as a consequence. Ergo, Senator Obama is an elitist. (If you doubt this, remember he graduated from Harvard Law School).

2. Communists of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s were elitist.

3. Therefore, Senator Obama is a communist.

This would be a LOL moment if the idea were original. Alas, it is a re-hash of an article by William Kristol in the New York Times. Mr. Kristol, who has become something of a laughingstock because of all of his incorrect predictions about Iraq and the Republican primaries, has one of the great jobs in the world. I would love to earn big bucks as a bloviator irrespective of my accuracy in predicting future events.

p>That I feel embarrassed for The American Spectator for publishing this rubbish is a testimony to the fact that I still respect (generally) the standards (I hope) of this online publication. br> -- Mike Roush br> North Carolina br> P.S. I'm still waiting for Marc Jeric's citations concerning the statement that "no human activity" has contributed to global warming and the statistic concerning government scientists. Mr. Wladyslaw Pleszczynski: Ball is in your court, I guess. Sadly, I do not expect this letter to be published nor do I expect a response to this e-mail. /p>

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