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Jai4WKC08

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Tue Jan-29-08 10:23 PM
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43. They hated Carter too

Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 10:24 PM by Jai4WKC08

I think it's prejudice against Southerners. Carter was a naval academy grad with a masters in nuclear physics, and Clinton a Rhodes Scholar, but they still were looked down upon as ignorant red-neck hicks by the DC/Eastern seaboard elite. The Clintons were actually called trailer trash.

I remember hearing Wolf Blitzer interview Wes Clark and he said something to the effect, two Rhodes Scholars from Arkansas? Who would have thought that possible? Clark sort of bristled but told him that there are lots of smart folks from Arkansas, but Wolf acted like he really didn't believe him.

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