Comments on: Clinton’s ‘Elitism versus Everyman’ http://www.murky.org/blg/clintons-elitism-versus-everyman/ Tending to Geekiness Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:45:52 -0600 hourly 1 By: Murk http://www.murky.org/blg/clintons-elitism-versus-everyman/#comment-45798 Murk Tue, 06 May 2008 19:06:01 +0000 http://www.murky.org/blg/?p=1611#comment-45798 Quite. I'd really like it if people would recognise that it'd really be quite good to have someone with a brain in the oval office, not someone who will pander to the lowest common denominator (even if the voter in question IS the lowest common denominator). Yes, I know that pandering to the lowest common denominator and having a brain aren't mutually exclusive, but why shouldn't the person aiming for the highest public office seek to show that they have a brain? Quite. I’d really like it if people would recognise that it’d really be quite good to have someone with a brain in the oval office, not someone who will pander to the lowest common denominator (even if the voter in question IS the lowest common denominator).

Yes, I know that pandering to the lowest common denominator and having a brain aren’t mutually exclusive, but why shouldn’t the person aiming for the highest public office seek to show that they have a brain?

]]> By: lovable liberal http://www.murky.org/blg/clintons-elitism-versus-everyman/#comment-45797 lovable liberal Tue, 06 May 2008 19:00:15 +0000 http://www.murky.org/blg/?p=1611#comment-45797 I'm always skeptical of hundred-millionaires hectoring a mere millionaire (and barely) about elitism, especially since the hectoree wasn't born into affluence. They could conceivably be right, but they're usually full of it. What's even more troubling is the message sent by those who then buy the message and vote accordingly. They're saying, "Treat me as if I'm stupid - because by God I'm proud to be just that." I’m always skeptical of hundred-millionaires hectoring a mere millionaire (and barely) about elitism, especially since the hectoree wasn’t born into affluence. They could conceivably be right, but they’re usually full of it.

What’s even more troubling is the message sent by those who then buy the message and vote accordingly. They’re saying, “Treat me as if I’m stupid – because by God I’m proud to be just that.”

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