The admiral's son and his beer heiress wife think you are an elitist, Mr. Obama!

[boobooday]

What it has come to:

To value education, and speak intelligently makes one an elitist. To treat the people as though they are sophisticated enough to understand context is elitist.

Elitism has been redefined. It now refers to those who think the level of discussion should be elevated, providing cover for the real elitists, who only care if their income and status are higher, and are hostile to education and/or understanding. To value education over class status is just too damn democratic. To value education means that we are imagining a world where anyone could compete with the economic elites for power. This is very threatening!

So if a candidate dares to attempt more than superficial analysis, or speaks anything other than 6th-grade level, focus-group-tested soundbites, the cry goes out: ELITIST!

Obama suggesting that people are not just mindless drones, but might have some awareness that they've been getting screwed, even if he thinks that they often misplace the blame? ELITIST! Cheney telling us to go fuck ourselves? That we can relate to! Those are terms we understand, nothing ambiguous there! And thank god! We're just too damn simple to do the nuance!

Having said that, I'd like to see the admiral's son and his heiress wife debate elitism with Mr. & Mrs. Obama.

[Divernan]

1. Very well stated. K&R, and forwarded to my email distribution list.

[boobooday]

9. Thanks!

:hug:

[NJmaverick]

2. I think he opened a can of worms on this one

He needs is wrinkly old hide nailed to the wall for this one. McCain was born to privelage and it's an illusion that he is anything BUT an elists.

[boobooday]

6. yeah, this is a good debate to have with him . . .

Looking forward to it.

[tekisui]

3. He said from one of his EIGHT houses!

[boobooday]

10. Eight???

That's more than Ken Lay!
:rofl:

[tekisui]

4. dupe

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. No bail outs!!!!! From the man whose entire military and political career is a series of bail outs..

....from his daddy or beer-baron wife.

[boobooday]

7. Just like Bush

Preaching personal responsibility.

[livetohike]

12. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Willo]

8. Good point n/t

[Window]

11. K/R. Yes, indeed.

:kick:

[Scurrilous]

13. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Vinca]

14. You're exactly right. Elitism has nothing to do with wealth and

everything to do with education. Or so it seems. The more you know the more "liberal elite" you are.