If you can lend yourself $6.4 M…
…you might want to go easy on calling other folk “elitist.”
In my personal dictionary, wealth and elitism go hand in hand. By virtue of being rich, you automatically isolate yourself from HAVING to experience the struggles that the less-well-off must face. You automatically have more personal, professional, economic, and social choices and freedoms, and as such, you are part of an exclusive, privileged, minority. Elitism is not to be confused with being “stuck up”, “unconcerned,” and “out of touch” which are states of mind which can accompany elitism, but not always. I think people who are among the elite can also be down to earth and socially-conscious, if they make an effort to be.
When Hillary Clinton accuses Obama of elitism, what she’s really saying is that he’s unconcerned with “regular folk.” Given that she has consistently and unapologetically shown that her personal concerns, pride, and ambitions trump all else–to hell with regular folk, the future of the Democratic Party, and the will of the people–I don’t know how she fixes her mouth to claim someone else is unconcerned. How does she walk with ovaries that large???
May 8th, 2008 at 1:43 am
Hmm… I figured she meant elitist as in “uppity negro” a reminder to her “blue-collar” supporters that he wasn’t their kind.
Never really knew much about her before her bid for the democratic party nomination but her whole campaign leaves a rather bitter taste…
If she were to win the nomination and, subsequently, the presidency, I don’t think America’s reputation in the rest of the world would exactly be enhanced and, believe me, the rest of the world is pretty fed up with America’s self-serving arrogance as represented by its leadership. Of course, her chances of winning are inversely proportional to the size of her ovaries!
May 8th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Wendy wrote: “Hmm… I figured she meant elitist as in “uppity negro” a reminder to her “blue-collar” supporters that he wasn’t their kind.”
That too!
“Of course, her chances of winning are inversely proportional to the size of her ovaries!”
There’s probably a mathematical equation for this.
Thanks, Ms. Woo, for always stopping by my lonely little blog!