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ACOSTA: During the primaries, Obama got tagged with the label elitist after a series of gaffes that suggested a lack of empathy for blue-collar voters.

CNN Transcript Aug 27, 2008 2008

Frankly I think the chances of the Brown campaign dropping the term "elitist" to describe Warren is as likely as Rudy Guiliani starting a moratorium on using the date 9/11.

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Hillary Clinton is slamming her Democratic rival, Barack Obama, for what she calls his elitist comments.

CNN Transcript Apr 13, 2008 2008

"Stockhausen Serves Imperialism" was published in 1974 and contained his rationale for switching from avant-garde composition - which he characterized as elitist - to more folk based writing.

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Oh to clarify, what the right wingers mean by "elitist" is possessing a level of continued education beyond high school or community college and the ability to use rational thought.

Networks respond to false Fox ad 2009

Somehow I don't think turning into the polar opposite of an "elitist" is a solution to that whole issue.

Clinton takes on TV pundits at distillery stop in Kentucky 2008

Once again elitist leftists fail to acurately assess the non-coastal states.

Carter again cites racism as factor in Obama's treatment 2009

But the converse would be, "to be elitist is to be libertarian," and that is not true.

Elitism or Populism: Pick Your Poison, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

But the converse would be, "to be elitist is to be libertarian," and that is not true.

Elitism or Populism: Pick Your Poison, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The very nature of being elitist is exclusive, so not all of you will be in that class of those who makes these decisions, so its your freedoms you are trying to give away.

Think Progress » New basketball league open to whites only, to get away from the ‘street-ball’ played by ‘people of color.’ 2010