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Article: Michelle Obama rejects elitist characterization
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- April 16, 2008
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Michelle Obama said Wednesday she is a product of a working-class background and rejected characterizations of she and her husband as elitist.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has tried to deflect criticism of his comments that people in small towns cling to religion and guns out of bitterness over their economic plight. Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican John McCain have called the remarks elitist. Obama said it was a poor choice of words to describe the economic insecurity many face.
"I am a product of a working-class background, I am one of those folks who grew up in that struggle. That is the lens through which I see the world," ...