"First Al Gore, then John Kerry were painted as out-of-touch elitists, mandarins and eggheads. "
No, they are out-of-touch eggheads.
You think Al Gore was smart because you agreed with him. You think John Kerry was smart because you agreed with him. You think Obama is a genius because you agree with him (although it’s not hard to agree with the word “change”).
We think all of the above, be they as intelligent as the next Senator, were wrong. othing else mattered.