[Huntress]

Ms. Palin represents exactly the kind of culturally conservative critique of Mr. Obama that her Washington colleagues would like very much to play down at the moment. Her grievances are based less in the particulars of policy than they are in the caricatures and cultural divisions of the last political era — effete Easterners versus rugged Westerners, wine-drinkers versus beer-pounders, Ivy League lawyers versus Bible-brandishing activists.

I have to wonder, when was the last time the author of this piece visited flyover country? Or even ventured outside of Manhattan? Never?

[Vision Thing]

I bet the fairy has never ventured beyond the upper westside, much less manhattan.

[Inyo-Mono]

I have to wonder, when was the last time the author of this piece visited flyover country? Or even ventured outside of Manhattan? Never?

Never would be my guess. Wine "drinkers" vs. beer "pounders." No bias there.