Starring Hillary Clinton As ... Annie Oakley

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Fresh from courtin' the white blue collar vote in Pennsylvania, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton tossed back a mug of a frosty adult beverage at Bronko’s Restaurant and Lounge in Crown Point, Indiana. From Political Radar:

"Clinton stood by the bar and took a shot of Crown Royal whiskey. She took one sip of the shot, then another small sip, then a few seconds later threw her head back and finished off the whole thing."

The pause that refreshes! (image via dailykos)

The Yale Law grad-former Fist Lady-Hundred Millionaire-Senator from the Empire State had earlier accused Senator Barack Obama, a former street organizer from Chicago who just paid off his student loans a year ago on procedes of his book of being an "elitist." From The Chicago Tribune's Swampland Blog:

"Barack Obama, stepping up his defense Sunday of comments he made that economically distressed voters "cling to" religion and guns, sought to turn rival Hillary Clinton's sharp criticism against her and emphasized his own respect for religious beliefs.

"Clinton pressed the argument that Obama's remarks provided an opening to Republicans to drive away support from white working-class voters, saying at a televised 'Compassion Forum' in Grantham, Pa., that her opponent's statement seemed 'elitist, out of touch and, frankly, patronizing.'

"Obama delivered his most spirited response at a visit to a union hall Sunday evening, mocking Clinton's outrage over comments Obama made at a San Francisco fundraiser a week ago that working-class voters have turned to religion and gun rights because they are 'bitter' over job losses and economic hardship.

"'Shame on her. Shame on her. She knows better,' Obama told an audience at a union hall in Steelton, Pa., before he and Clinton appeared separately at the Compassion Forum.

"'She is running around talking about how this is an insult to sportsmen, how she values the 2nd Amendment. She's talking like she is Annie Oakley,' Obama continued, referring to the storied female sharpshooter of the Old West."

Genius. We counsel the Obama campaign to just keep repeating the word "Shame" when referring to The Clintons. The charge shame should stick to The Clinton's, for, as everybody in this wide word knows, absence makes for fondness.