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Elitism

By RTV in St. Paul. This election is for JFK, MLK, and RFK. Bring it home. - Sep 4th, 2008 at 9:09 pm EDT

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The GOP are at work redefining our language and our values at the same time.

According to the dictionary, the word elite has two definitions:

1. Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.

2. Representing the choicest or most select of a group.

Clearly, Obama fits the second, not the first. Not born into privilege, but excelling amongst his peers due to his own efforts and abilities, and the support and hard work of his family.

But what the slime bags are doing is blurring the two definitions. Thus, anyone who excels at anything, anyone who is intelligent or creative, is now "elite" in the "bad" sense of the word.

On the other hand, one who is mediocre (e.g., goes to 6 different colleges in 6 years before graduating with a B.S. in journalism) is highly virtuous due to their ordinariness. Mediocrity now represents "middle class family values".

So we should all become couch potatoes and feel good about ourselves, since we have avoided the shameful designation of being "elite". We should all teach our children to be as average as possible.

These Repugnacans need to be beaten and beaten badly.

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