Here's MSNBC's Chris Matthews, moments ago, suggesting Barack Obama is “elite” in part because Obama was wearing sunglasses:
Can Barack Obama, a man of elite education if not elite background, break into the middle class and talk regular? Can he talk to regular people in their kitchens tonight, in their living rooms?
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Everybody thinks Barack is too cool. In other words, there he is with the shades, getting on the plane. A little bit too elegant, a little bit too proud of his own bearing. Is that a problem, that he's just too cool for words. In other words, elite.
And here's MSNBC's Chris Matthews, sitting beside the pool outside his Nantucket vacation home, wearing sunglasses:
![Chris Matthews Nantucket Pool Sunglasses](http://www.washingtonlife.com/issues/october_2005/inside_homes/images/inside_homes_05.jpg)