The "rabble" never do any good. It was not "rabble" which secured our freedoms but rather educated, enlightened men who understood the world. It was the rabble which got in the way. In FACT, the vast majority of the population could not even vote. Maybe 5% of the population in Virginia in 1800 was eligible. In New England perhaps 20% tops.
Nothing is easier to manipulate for evil purposes than the rabble this is why the Constitution was designed so as to reduce any such input. The Founders did not even want Senators to be elected. Nor the President by a direct vote.
And they took special pains to insulate the Courts from the influence of the "rabble" knowing that if they didn't there would be no justice.
I have never claimed to be anything but an elitist. I want the BEST for myself, my family and my country. This means I oppose the advent of the WORST and the influence of the Mindless Mobs. It is also why I spend so much time on FR since that is the place where I can obtain the BEST information from the smartest and the wisest. Since I am an elitist I attended the BEST schools I could and encouraged my sons to do the same.
Only demagogic rabble rousers claim to be non-elitists so they can better fool the rabble. Those of us who raised themselves out of the rabble through hard work understand it is nothing to emulate or praise.
Of course, when you can separate yourself from the consequences of decisions such as what Bush and the Senate are doing now, who cares? Bush will have a Secret Service guard the rest of his life. Senators will find some lovely gated community somewhere.
Meanwhile, us working stiffs, the ones you haughtily believe don't know better, will be the ones stuck living with the consequences of your elitist idiocy.