Old memes never die...

...they just get repeated over and over on cable TV news. The meme in question is, of course, that John Kerry, he of the bent pinky, is elitist:

Media Matters - CNN: Filibuster comments from Switzerland made Kerry -- but not Chambliss -- seem "elitist"

O'BRIEN: Virtual filibusters. Maybe, they should make them do it again then that could change things. Let's say -- how likely is that? And what is John Kerry thinking getting on the phone from Davos, Switzerland? All that does is, you know -- every -- every stereotype, which the Republicans would like to put out there about John Kerry and his elitist nature, is reinforced by that.

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Later on the January 27 edition of CNN Live Today, anchor Daryn Kagan interviewed Chambliss from the World Economic Forum about Kerry's filibuster proposal. But Kagan offered no commentary about Chambliss's location, except to note it, even though Chambliss was commenting on the filibuster from Switzerland.

Now, good ole' boy Saxby can't be elitist; he's from the south! Y'know, that part of the country where folks like Saxby useta sit on their plantation porches while armies of slaves toiled in their fields? Nuthin' elitist about that!

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