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Williams: Who is the elite?
Palin: I guess just people who think that they're better than everyone else...anyone who thinks that they are better than anyone else, I guess that's my definition of elitism.
Oh, and John McCain goes on to clarify that it's also anyone living in Washingotn DC or New York City...Rudy, I think he means you.
Now, let me get this straight: a twenty-month governor of a state that has a population of somewhere around 660,000 people, who just spent $150,000 on her wardrobe, who charged taxpayers for airline tickets for her kids and a per diem to work from home, and who has the temerity to claim that - even though she fumbles basic questions of what the Bush doctrine is and where she gets her news from - she's actually qualified to be the second most powerful person in the country, if not the world...
...this is the person who claims that "anyone who thinks that they are better than anyone else" is an elitist.
Wow.
Oh, and all y'all in New York City, you're elitist, too. And all those folks in Warshington, D.C. We're looking at you, George Will. And you, Stephanopolous.
Here's my definition of a hypocrite: anyone who spends more money on clothes than the annual salary of most of the workers in this country, and who then turns around and tries to pretend that she's just like us, a regular little ole hockey mom you betcha.
Please.
Gimme a break.
For the record: I don't care if anyone is elitist. I just want competent people running our country. It'd be a nice, refreshing change. So far, neither Sarah Palin nor John McCain have passed that threshold.
Drop all the talk about who's elitist and who isn't, and who is and is not "pro-America". Let's start talking about who has demonstrated the competence to handle the mess the next President will be handed after taking the oath of office. It isn't Mr. Change I Can Figure Out With My Gut and His Wacky Sidekick Mrs. Soak The Taxpayer.
No, it's that quiet, reasonble guy who talks about there not being any more blue states or red states, and who insists that every American who loves this country is "pro-America". It's the person who's trying to bring us all together, and not using the same old fear and smear from morning til night.
It's "that one".
And no amount of finger pointing, name calling or faux outrage and bluster can change that fact, or the fact that he is the one connecting with all of us regular folks out here.