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Aaron Sorkin: "Elite Is Not A Bad Word, It's An Aspirational One" (video)
RealClearPolitics ^ | January 16, 2011 | RealClearPolitics

Posted on 01/16/2011 9:50:14 PM PST by i88schwartz

Aaron Sorkin, screenwriter of "The Social Network" and creator of "The West Wing" at the 2011 Golden Globes.

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1 posted on 01/16/2011 9:50:17 PM PST by i88schwartz
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To: i88schwartz

if eliteness had anything to do with merit, that is


2 posted on 01/16/2011 9:51:13 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: i88schwartz

If you little people had the brains of a duck, you’d already realize that however....


3 posted on 01/16/2011 9:53:31 PM PST by Tzimisce (It's just another day in Obamaland.)
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To: i88schwartz

Yes, aspirational for elite SWAT teams, and Gestapo squads.

You know, typical totalitarian police state stuff.

Yes, for them, elite is an aspirational term.

For the everyday working stiff paying taxes to support all of these “elites”, well, we just want a revolution to put the elites back in their places washing toilets and sweeping streets, which is the most they were ever any good for anyway.


4 posted on 01/16/2011 9:58:20 PM PST by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: i88schwartz

Too bad that only a select few ever become part of the elite: this is obviously to ensure that the elite power structure is never challenged nor changed. It is not possible to “aspire” to be part of the elite when in fact they tap you to be part of it if you are willing to swear allegiance to them. This runs counter to the ideals of the founding of America & for the long term endurance of a free independent republic.


5 posted on 01/16/2011 10:00:43 PM PST by Republic_of_Secession.
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To: i88schwartz

There’s a simple way to resolve the issue of Hollyweird’s “elites” . . . . . . . STOP PAYING FOR THEIR LIBERAL DRECK!!!!

(Did I say that out loud!!???)


6 posted on 01/16/2011 10:02:32 PM PST by DustyMoment (Go green - recycle Congress in 2012!!)
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To: i88schwartz

Doesn’t Aaron Sorkin also believe that crack cocaine is good for getting the creative juices flowing.


7 posted on 01/16/2011 10:08:21 PM PST by vbmoneyspender
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To: i88schwartz
Aaron Sorkin, screenwriter of "The Social Network" and creator of "The West Wing" at the 2011 Golden Globes.

Find me someone who is truly elite and not merely the modern equivalent of a court jester.

8 posted on 01/16/2011 10:12:12 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Washington is finally rid of the Kennedies. Free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last.)
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To: i88schwartz

I suppose aspiring to be a snob and out of touch of average joe is considered a good thing for elitists


9 posted on 01/16/2011 10:13:53 PM PST by 4rcane
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To: DustyMoment

Nope. Just head to your nearest bittorrent site and download w/o paying for them and their liberal dreck. Oh crap, did I say that out loud??


10 posted on 01/16/2011 10:22:43 PM PST by max americana
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To: i88schwartz

Sounds like a quote from a selfish individualist and certainly nothing a good progressive might say.


11 posted on 01/16/2011 10:28:32 PM PST by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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To: Westbrook
we just want a revolution to put the elites back in their places washing toilets and sweeping streets, which is the most they were ever any good for anyway.

What is wrong with the honest labor of washing toilets and sweeping streets? What are you, some kind of elitist?

12 posted on 01/16/2011 10:57:42 PM PST by ReignOfError
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To: i88schwartz

It’s a very stupid word when being defined and spoken by a fool such as Sorkin.


13 posted on 01/17/2011 3:00:59 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: ReignOfError

> What are you, some kind of elitist?

Not at all. In fact, when interviewed for my current job, I was asked how I would react if I was told to do something beneath my qualifications. I said I would gladly wash toilets if told to do so. Later, one of the men that interviewed me told me that my response to that question weighed heavily in my favor.

My contention with the “elitists” that would tell us what to do and when to do it and how to do it is that, unlike my boss or any of my coworkers, they never did an honest day’s work.

Look at them. Ivory tower pinheads, the lot of them. Pampered and living off the public trough, they are and have been for virtually their entire adult lives.


14 posted on 01/17/2011 4:40:37 AM PST by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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