Elitist

[filkertom]

This whole "Is Barack an elitist?" noise, standard-issue Repub talking-point bullshit, has already been dealt with handily by many sources... but, as is often the case, one man cuts to the heart of it all:

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[vixyish]

Warning: do not watch while drinking tea. :)

[maiac]

"Warning: do not watch while drinking tea."

That's true of every Daily Show.

[maiac]

Obama's fatal error is so completely fatal that it's had no effect whatever on the Pennsylvania race.

But notice in the linked article how very hopeful the mediawhore sounds that it may still hurt Obama. "We said it would, it has to!"

Wrong again, Beltway Insiders.

[darthparadox]

The last two minutes nails it, I think.

I'm a pretty smart guy - and I don't think I'm even remotely up to the task of running the country. I want someone smarter, savvier, and with better judgment and instincts for the job than I.

Of course, they're using "elitist" as a buzzword for "upper-class snob who looks down on the working people". Which is ridiculous, coming from Clinton (who is funding her campaign in part from the $100 million her husband's made on speeches since he left office) and the rest of the cable media which seems to exist in order to promote the political views of its wealthy stockholders by obfuscating reality rather than, say, actually educating the public about current events and policy issues.

Why don't we have more people calling them on their bullshit?

[cadhla]

I just died laughing.

How I love you.

[scruffycritter]

I've been reminding people for years that the whole rebellion movement against "intellectual elites" was started by Dan Quayle.

Dan Quayle vs intellectualism.

Tells you everything you need to know, don't it?