Obama's elitism. Pajamas. Photo: Our effete�Editor Bird Dog, who is not an Obama guy and who does not care for Chardonnay with�the Big Macs on which he feeds. More on the topic via Insty here, and also here:
TOM MAGUIRE: A TYPICAL SORT OF FLARE-UP: "Hmm, how typical is it for a candidate to characterize a huge swath of his target voters as bigoted, gun waving religious fanatics?" And a big roundup from James Joyner, who observes: "Class bias works both ways. Urban elites tend to view rural America, especially Southerners, as a bunch of yahoos. Rural Americans, meanwhile, think big city types are elitist snobs who don�t love America. There are similar resentments between rich and poor, educated and not, and even Ivy League -State College. In private gatherings, where people think they are among the like-minded, one hears shocking bigotry along those lines."
And sometimes it's recorded and circulated on the Internet.
Everybody at Maggie's is a gun-totin' Bible-thumpin' redneck hick who needs more from the government. More Coors Lite would be a good place to start. Later, we'll be needing the Chateau Margaux to accompany our government brie. All Opie wants is Grey Goose.
A lesson on denial, at Dr. Sanity. A quote:
� In the short-term, psychological denial can help a person maintain their sanity--which would be threatened by awareness of a painful truth or reality
� In the short-term, denial can help a person function day to day
� In the short-term, denial can prevent a person from having to acknowledge painful thoughts, feelings or behavior and help them maintain a world view threatened by an unacceptable reality or truth
Steyn on the nightly news, at Driscoll. A quote:
(it's) actually the place for people who aren�t interested in news. And it�s pathetic in a time of war, and a time of great turbulence and great change, to switch on, and there�ll be the light item about the new fat pill, or whatever. I mean, it�s formulaic, it�s tired, it�s shallow, and it�s unwatchable.
