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Barack and Bruce: both elitist?

Print | Comments () Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor April 18, 2008 01:16 PM

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The folks at Slate, the online magazine, just unveiled their latest parody presidential TV ad. This one imagines an attack spot from Hillary Clinton over Bruce Springsteen's endorsement this week of Barack Obama.

It reminds of Obama's controversial remarks about "bitter" small-town voters who "cling to guns or religion."

Then, using lyrics from some of the rock legend's best-known songs, the fake ad says that Springsteen -- a singer so elitist he's called the Boss -- believes that jobs aren't coming back and that small towns are full of losers and are "suicide traps."

"Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen," the narrator concludes. "Wrong for Pennsylvania. Wrong for anyone Born in the USA."

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