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| Articles about Elitists |
| Lamentations of an Educated Voter: About Those "Elitists" | | 2008-04-16 09:44:00 | | The ongoing controversy surrounding Barack Obama and his "elitist" remarks has struck a chord with me. It's not because I'm offended by his remarks. And it's not because some rural voters are offended by his remarks. It's the fact that the people who are complaining the loudest about these "elitist" remarks are "elitists" themselves.Every election cycle it seems that politicians trip over themselves in their attempts to appear like regular people. They create campaign commercials showing them driving tractors, wearing blue jeans, clearing brush, and and fixing their trucks. They pose for shots of them chatting with the locals at bowling alleys, eating greasy hamburgers at state fairs, checking out the watermelons at farmers' markets, and having productive conversations with residents on the sidewalks in their communities.But let's not kid ourselves.No politician, especially at the federal level, is "just like us." It doesn't matter how much hay a politician throws in the back of his tr | | By: The 7-10 | | |
| | Merit, Cute Elitists, Red States, Gore Vidal | | 2007-03-06 10:10:27 | | The world is starving for variation and things dynamic. The world requires nothing from humanity and yet things static and universal seem to rule all. Why? The idea of variation and dynamic is simple and because of that life wouldn’t be where or what it is if things were static and universal. Or? At the least, things dynamic are worth fighting against. Right?
While visiting the Tuscany vineyards in 2005, beyond the astonishment I experienced of the beautiful landscape, the rolling vineyards with perfectly manicured vines, I had to face the onslaught of elitist Americans who could still afford the weak dollar abroad to sight-see and, of course, drink; in contrast I wasn’t a tourist. I was on a mission from God to fill a German cellar with Italian wine.
Being judgmental is a very rude thing to do but I do it all the same. Don’t ask me why? What I don’t do is put it out there for everyone to see. Unless you want to know how it came to be that the image of children | | By: (Worst)Writer | | |
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