Meet the Elites
They think you're stupid. They think all freedom-loving Americans are stupid. They think patriotism is stupid. They think churchgoing is stupid. They think flag-flying is stupid. They think having big families is stupid. They are sure that where we live-anywhere but near or in a few major cities-is an insipid cultural wasteland.
They think your SUV is evil-although theirs are absolutely necessary They think owning a gun is criminal. They think George W Bush is an idiot. They even think it's wrong for us to protect our nation and our loved ones. Worst of all, they think our abiding belief in the goodness of America and its founding principles is naive and misguided.
But in this refreshing and blisteringly insightful look at the elites, Laura Ingraham reveals that they, not us, are pickled in prejudice, morally blind, and outrageously hypocritical. In a word, they are stupid. Ingraham exposes the outrageous howlers and muddled thinking peddled by a rogues' gallery of Hollywood celebs, media yuppies, trial lawyers, multiculturalists, Godhaters, and race-relations bullies who are exalted as heroes by the elite.
Ingraham unmasks the shallowness of elite thinking everywhere it is found: in politics, the media, the ivory tower, arts and entertainment, and even business and international organizations. Nor does she restrict her skewering. of the elites, to its natural home, the Democratic Party -- she ably zeroes in on elite enclaves within the GOP as well.
Excerpt:
"Elites come in all shapes and sizes. They inhabit politics, the media, universities, and Hollywood. They don't agree on every issue, but they do agree on this: They're tired of the American voter getting in the way of their agenda.
"They have tried to enlighten us, but we just don't seem to understand. They have tried to instruct us on the right way to think in this interdependent interglobal community.They have enlisted their friends in the media to bombard us with their ideas. They have tried to develop a new generation of elites through indoctrination in the public schools and universities. But we're just not buying any of it.
"We still want limited government. We want to pay lower taxes. We want to protect our borders. We fight back when we're attacked.
"We drive huge, gas-guzzling Suburbans. We own guns and don't want to have to check in with Big Brother every time we buy a Daisy air rifle at Wal-Mart. We want God acknowledged in _ our public schools and our public life. We demand the protection of children in the womb. We want judges who enforcethe law, not invent it.
"Somehow, we still believe in one nation under God. We still believe thatwe are endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We think we live in a great country - that `city on a hill.' We love America, and put our hands over our hearts when `The Star Spangled Banner' is played. And it drives them crazy!"