Sunday, May 04, 2008

Shameless Doesn't Begin to Describe this Pandering

“I’m not going to put in my lot with economists,” she said. A few moments later, she added, “Elite opinion is always on the side of doing things that really disadvantages the vast majority of Americans.”


-- a prominent politician

Only the pronoun lets you know that this statement was not said by George W. Bush or John McCain.

Never mind the hypocrisy of Hillary Clinton pretending not to be part of the elite. It's the appeal to the worst part of the American psyche -- anti-intellectualism -- and the bull-headed refusal to listen to the unanimous view of people who know better that really annoys me.

[added] One of those people not being listened to, Robert Reich, has more on this.

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