It was a description that prompted John McCain, the Republican candidate, to label Mr. Obama an "elitist," and Mrs. Clinton to portray him as out of touch with small-town sentiment.
Towns' sentiments echo statements made by Leslie McSpadden, Michael Brown's mother, shortly after the announcement that Wilson wouldn't be indicted.
In town, such sentiment gets a mixed reception, with people appreciative of the little bump in business in recent days — a number of stores played Mr. Jackson's hits — but worried that the attention would tarnish the rustic image.
The Indians in his force were especially upset at the destruction of the two towns, a sentiment echoed by Seneca warriors who joined with Brant in the ruins of Unadilla a few days later.
Almost two months after North America's deadliest outbreak of E. coli contamination hit this town, people's sentiments are captured on a road sign: "E.
The sentiment in town was: we're losing our trails, something has to be done, Mr. Nordgren said.
But soon after the church filed its building application last June, many neighborhood residents opposed the plan, which galvanized anti-development sentiment across town, resulting in the kind of campaign usually directed against big-box superstores, not churches.
The referendum result revealed high concentrations of pro-Brexit sentiment in towns that were once at the centre of the industrial revolution, but are now awash with derelict factories and workshops, owing to Asian competition.
"It would be much better if he didn't visit our land at all," said Bashar Fadl Ahmed, 34, an orthopedic surgeon who was shopping in the town square early this week, echoing sentiments expressed by many here.
First-team coach Sean McCarthy echoed Collins' sentiments about Town's up-turn in form.
