... tut-tut-tutted the achingly progressive Yalie from his all-white Connecticut enclave.
I am always looking for members of that open elite, however humble, who offer such leadership.
... tut-tut-tutted the achingly progressive Yalie from his all-white Connecticut enclave.
Exactly. You nailed it: He lied. He has an Atlantic Slope society winner's take on everything, and he regards Middle America and its champions -- like Sarah Palin -- with derision, distaste, and contempt. But don't take my word for it; here's Commentary:
Commentary on urbanites' despising Sarah Palin and Middle America.... and then there was this blogress's response to Frum, and to a Gawker writer:
David Frum’s response points out that Palin is just scary** to anybody who doesn’t want to see American divided into first- and second-class citizens. Pareene states that there are many reasons not to like Palin. But when it comes down to it, at least for me, there is a visceral reaction to a woman in a position of influence who is just not smart. I will not deny her facility with PR, as she certainly has a team of people who know how to make a name for her.
McCain had a chance as a presidential candidate, and by choosing the sideshow that was and is Sarah Palin, he made it a lot easier for Obama to get elected. So, I will continue to grimace at mentions of Sarah Palin, Russia, her house, and her stupid, stupid book. But I will do it from a Blue State, where my BS and MA keep me warm at night, after eating a large dinner of kosher, organic turkey and relaxing in one of my many camp t-shirts or fleeces.
http://jewschool.com/2010/01/07/19888/why-jews-like-me-hate-sarah-palin/
"Palin is just scary** to anybody who doesn’t want to see American divided into first- and second-class citizens" -- and yet that is exactly what Frum, the blogress, and Jim Sleeper all do, using as their Occam's Razor of civic goodness, whether people have MA degrees from elite Atlantic seaboard liberal colleges.
The reader comments at the end of these articles are priceless, and if you chase links, you will find elaborated more than here, the ultra-RiNO-neocon weasel David Frum's own weaselly comments about Palin, whom he and so many Mittbots and neoconservatives stuck needles in endlessly for three years. Read their dislike of her as a hornbook of their critique of conservative America -- indeed of America as received from the Founders and Framers -- and you will understand luminously, lit by their shared contempt, why they despise Americans.