Political definitions.
1. not elitist. Yesterday, after driving the campaign truck for a local candidate in a high school homecoming parade in a town about ten miles from where I live, and on the drive back home, the candidate said, “Let’s stop here.”
We walked into a rural road house, sat down at the bar, and ordered two beers. There were a few bikers and locals sitting at the bar. The candidate had his name tag on. One biker asked, “What are you running for?” The candidate told him. “Are you a Democrat or a Republican. I was born a Republican.” The candidate replied, “I’m a Democrat.” Then he walked over to talk to the bikers. They wanted to talk and they wanted somebody to listen to them. They have the same concerns as everyone else (okay, they want to repeal the helmet law…). I asked one of the bikers, “What are your biggest concerns?” He replied, “The economy and jobs.” He was also concerned about roads and bridges and gas prices. As we left the road house for the drive home we all shook hands.
2. elitist.
…”This is a hard decision for me personally because frankly I don’t like him,” she said of Obama in an interview with CNN’s Joe Johns. “I feel like he is an elitist. I feel like he has not given me reason to trust him.”
Forester is the CEO of EL Rothschild, a holding company with businesses around the world. She is married to international banker Sir Evelyn de Rothschild. Forester is a member of the DNC’s Democrats Abroad chapter and splits her time living in London and New York.
via firedoglake
The thing is, anyone with a title of nobility and more money than 99.99% of the population of the world who calls anyone else “elitist” should not be able to get away with doing so without being mocked unmercifully by the remaining 99.99% of the world.
I think I’ll ring the house staff for my morning pick-me-up now…