Mark me down as sick of elites. All of them. All professional know-it-alls.
James Burnham's "Suicide of the West" promotes the thesis that a society that does NOT believe and assert that it is morally superior to others, is doomed. I find that thesis to be sound. Liberals and elites (but I repeat myself) are determined to kill off Western Civilization by whatever means necessary.
Barone himself knows the elites very well - he’s a longtime gay-marriage backer who has contempt for the Christian rubes in flyover country.
I like the way the elites are stressed out over Trump. Kraut the Hammer looked like he was going to have to be admitted on O’Really.
Ping
It’s all a media creation. The talking heads - who see themselves as “mini-celebrities” - provide a willing stage and liberal impetus for the elites to push their ideology on the rest of us.
They know that most politicians are putty in their hands who will do/say anything to stay on the good side of the press. More rules, regulations, and political correctness have their roots with journalistic types, and the dems and RINOs fall in line to avoid persecution.
The media has been running the country via consequences to those who balk them...for years. It thinks it is congress, the police, judges, and opinion maker for the whole country.
It was never “Bush’s fault”, it was always the “media’s fault”.
“Undoubtedly, he then feared that many Americans would attack and assault Muslims, actual or perceived, and a very few such attacks occurred.”
No, they’re not afraid that “many Americans would attack and assault Muslims”. They are afraid that too many Muslims are like vials of nitro-glycerin, ready to explode after the slightest provocation. Think “battered wives” syndrome. They are doing all they can to placate the Muslim community. It won’t work.
I know it’s been an interesting primary season, but in the end, we’re going to send another elite/financial sector hand-picked person to the White House. And that’s how stupid we are.
The angry blowback has started.
Good article.
I really like this line: “Trump ... dares to utter forbidden truths.”
And the same could be said of Cruz, who I prefer.