http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/_2600_quot_3B00_cling_2600_quot_3B00_/Barack+Obama/Hillary+Clinton/default.aspxTags: &quot;cling&quot;, Barack Obama, Hillary ClintonenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/04/14/condescension-or-pandering-what-s-it-going-to-be.aspxMon, 14 Apr 2008 15:04:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:2503Rachael Larimore0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/2503.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2503Wow, Melinda , I don't think I could have put it any better. Like you, I hail from a small town whose most vibrant days are well in the past. Downtown was on life support long before Wal-Mart came to town seven or eight years ago; the schools aren't what...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/04/14/condescension-or-pandering-what-s-it-going-to-be.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2503" width="1" height="1">Barack ObamaHillary Clinton'08 election&quot;cling&quot;http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/04/13/the-worst-thing-i-ve-heard-obama-say.aspxSun, 13 Apr 2008 14:34:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:2498Melinda Henneberger0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/2498.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2498Yes, it is galling to be tagged as out of touch by Hillary "Is that sniper fire I hear?' Clinton. Only, she happens to be right: Barack Obama's suggestion that economically suffering small-town Americans are haters who cling to God and guns out of bitterness...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/04/13/the-worst-thing-i-ve-heard-obama-say.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2498" width="1" height="1">Barack ObamaHillary Clinton'08 election&quot;cling&quot;