Obama Calls Elitist Charge Gauche and Droll

Responding to remarks by presidential candidate John McCain suggesting he’s an ‘elitist', Sen. Barack Obama today called the accusation 'gauche' and 'droll'.
“First of all, it’s très gauche and a bit bourgois to banter about elitism at all,” said Sen. Obama, “It simply isn’t done in polite society — not among my chums from Harvard Law School or Columbia University, and certainly not in the Senate cloak room or the finer salons.”
Speaking to reporters from behind the iron gate of his nearly $2 million mansion in the historic Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago, the twice-published author noted, “It’s quite droll that my wealthy senate colleague has the gall to besmirch my reputation by suggesting I can’t relate to the hoi polloi. Me? An elitist? Why, if I weren’t such a good sport, I’d challenge Sen. McCain to a duel with rapiers.”