THIS IS HOW YOU FIGHT THE GOP NOISE MACHINE

You don't have to get down to the level of Sean Hannity, all you have to do is push back against wingnut meme and show that they are contradictory. Sen. Chuck Schumer provides a good example of pushing back against the GOP's "not a regular guy" meme.

Schumer: Hit back harder
Ben Smith
The Politico
August 07, 2008
Categories: Barack Obama

"They're trying to say, 'He's not one of us,'" Schumer said.

"I would answer back hard. What do you mean he's not one of us? It's John McCain who wears $500 shoes, has six houses and comes from one of the richest families in his state," Schumer said. "It's Barack Obama who climbed up the hard way, and that's why he wants middle-class tax cuts and better schools for our kids."