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Their contempt for Bush was epitomized in a cover I saw of The New Yorker last year. I can't remember it exactly, but it's theme was something to do with how-stupid-is-Bush. I'm sure most of the NYer readers are of the upper west-side, elite, liberal stripe who sneer at conservatives and think the world ends at the other side of the Hudson River. The smug, pompous, condescending view that NYer readers have of everyone else is typical of most liberals. Their view was and is : we have all the answers, you pathetic, ignorant, middle-class worms, do what we tell you, and don't ask questions.

"Their view was and is : we have all the answers, you pathetic, ignorant, middle-class worms, do what we tell you, and don't ask questions."

I think you nailed it right there. I was having a similar discussion w/ my wife the other night about johnny dipp, et al.

This point was brought home to me in a novel I recently read while on vacation; "Fierce Invalids from Hot Climates" by Tom Robbins wherein the author posits that an "elite" exits that sets the tone in fashion, politics etc. According to this view they are the ONLY humans and the rest of humanity is at there disposal, you know to shovel snow and dig coal and stuff like that. Those people are not really alive and so don't really count.

I think there are alot of people that consider themselves in this "elite". They are the enemy. They are contemptable. You'll recognize them by their smirk; George Clooney call your office.