Hillary Clinton really told off those those ELITIST economists on Sunday morning with Little George. These so-called "experts" had the gall to oppose her gas tax pander holiday, and The Woman who has Testicles (h/t: James Matalin-Carville) stood up and smacked them down good:
INDIANAPOLIS — This morning, George Stephanopoulos began his televised interview with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton by asking if she could name a single economist who supported her plan for a gas-tax suspension.
Mrs. Clinton did not. “I’m not going to put in my lot with economists,” she said on the ABC program “This Week.” A few moments later, she added, “Elite opinion is always on the side of doing things that really disadvantages the vast majority of Americans.”
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Throughout the exchange, Mrs. Clinton argued that she trusted her own eyes and ears instead. “This gas tax issue to me is very real,” she said, “because I have been meeting people across Indiana and North Carolina who drive for a living, who commute long distances, who would save money.”
Yes, it's true that Hillary Clinton hasn't pumped her own gas for many, many years, by her own admission...
....but she's been meeting people, damn it!! Barack Obama has never met anyone in his life, except for Rev. Wright.... who he met every single minute of every single day, nodding dutifully as the Reverend talked filth about the U.S.A.
But yeah, Hillary Clinton, Champion of the People, really showed those economists where to stick it. Where do they get off, sitting there in their ivory towers, being served Elitist Lattes by their illegal immigrant man-servants, trying to force people to eat carbon offsets for dinner... WHERE DO THEY GET OFF WEIGHING IN ON ECONOMIC MATTERS?!?!
Thank goodness the Hilary surrogate brigades, like Certified Man of the People Sen. Robert Menendez, are willing to tell the Truth about the elitist number-crunchers!!
Sen.Menendez knows about these matter, since he sits on the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee... and they would NEVER consult so-called "experts" to help determine economic policy. It's all from the gut, man... after talking to their fellow Common Folk, Menendez and Clinton just do what FEELS right. They just know, you know? When you drink enough Bud Lite and chew on enough Slim Jim with your fellow hard-workin' folk, economics is simpler than bowling. (Which Obama... well, never mind.)
And it goes without saying that Hillary and Bill Clinton would never take the word of lousy rotten chablis-sipping, opera-going, pointy-headed, French-loving economists, much less boast about having their... support... for...
Oh dear:
Well sure, Bill Clinton bragged about the support of elite economists when running back in 1992, but... Hillary wasn't part of that administration! She barely KNEW Bill Clinton.
...Well yeah, sometimes she WAS part of the Clinton Administration. But only the good parts!
...And what are those? Whatever is popular today!
Besides, 9-11 changed everything!!!!
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(h/t to TPM for 1992 Bill C. ad)
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UPDATE! Hillary Clinton herself was once an elitist economist!
Back in 2000, when she was running against the human juggernaut known as "Rick Lazio" in N.Y. -- yes, running against Rick Lazio was a true trial by fire! -- Hillary seemed to channel super-elitist John Kenneth Galbraith:
And one of my fundamental disagreements during this campaign with my opponent was when he called for the repeal of the gas tax. Now, the gas tax is one of those few taxes that New York actually gets more money from Washington than we send. And we are totally reliant on it to do things like finishing I-86 in the Southern Tier, or the fast- ferry harbor works up in Rochester, as well as the work we need to do here in the city. So you can count on me to support infrastructure, but I’m sorry, Mayor, I can’t go with the domed stadium.
I'm so glad that Hillary has stopped bein' an elitist!!