“Have any of these people actually BEEN to Hyde Park? I know this effort to paint Obama as an elitist has now caused Hyde Park to be lumped in with other bastions of elitism, but having been to both Berkeley and Cambridge I can say safely that Cholie’s and Nathan’s Taste of Jamaica are not exactly Chez Panisse, and 51st and Cottage Grove is not exactly Central Square. We tried to have a gourmet grocery store there; it did not end well.
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Then there’s David Brooks, who should know better, having gone to the U. of C.:
Also worth noting: Bill Ayers? The liberal Hyde Park ex-terrorist? Barack served on a board with him and went to his house. You, me, and most other people pay his salary, seeing as he teaches at a state school. Am waiting on that guilt trip, but it doesn’t seem to be forthcoming.
