elitists

Here is a video of the Obamessiah explaining to a plumber (known in middle-America as a small business owner) why he needs to give up more of his earnings for Hope and Change™.

As I was reviewing the schedule for this year’s Southern Festival of Books, I was mildly surprised to see Phil Valentine as one of the featured authors. I knew he had a book out, but since book festivals are frequently teeming with people who read, qualifying them to be elitists, I wouldn’t have expected Mr.

Sean Braisted alerts us to a Marie Claire interview in which Michelle Obama demonstrates either some (a) furious spinning or (b) major ignorance on the issue of socio-political "elitism."

MC: Tennessee governor Phil Bredesen has advised Barack to head to Wal-Mart to

In its cover story on Sarah Palin, Newsweek gives an excellent rebuttal to the charge that her critics are simply "elitists" who can't empathize with ordinary Americans:

Rex Hammock cautions us to ignore the fear we feel about the economy:

I refuse to be victimized by a predisposition to dismiss reality and embrace the doomsayer’s survivalist scam.

Apparently, Sarah Palin said that she is being attacked because the press is not comfortable with the idea of a hard working average American in the White House. Conservatives apparently believe that the attacks on Palin’s qualifications means that “elitists” and liberals no longer believe in the notion that anyone can grow up to be (Vice) President.

I alluded to it in the last post, but there were some very interesting numbers (warning, PDF) in it that require a second look.

Sully talks up the tightrope walk John McCain must walk when it comes to the economy:

That bastion of liberal media bias, Comedy Central, no wait, the Associate Press, today reports that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was lying in her Wednesday night Republican National Convention speech.

This actually surpasses Mitt Romney bashing “East Coast elitists.”  

The Minnesota Post writes up the activities of those in the Twin Cities for Ron Paul’s rump convention: