Okay, So I'm an Elitist -- It's Better Than the Alternative

[Jon8503]

From this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine cover story, Faith, Certainty and the Presidency of George W. Bush, by Ron Suskind, comes this quote from Bush political consultant Mark McKinnon:

"All of you do, up and down the West Coast, the East Coast, a few blocks in southern Manhattan called Wall Street. Let me clue you in. We don't care. You see, you're outnumbered 2 to 1 by folks in the big, wide middle of America, busy working people who don't read The New York Times or Washington Post or The L.A. Times. And you know what they like? They like the way he walks and the way he points, the way he exudes confidence. They have faith in him. And when you attack him for his malaprops, his jumbled syntax, it's good for us. Because you know what those folks don't like? They don't like you!"
I am so sad right now. This is what's its really all about, isn't it? There really are two Americas. You know, the one made up by people who think that Jesus be coming soon and it'll be the Rapture and we don't need no liberals and Jews and homosexuals and people who don't own guns and who think rationally and make decisions based on deliberation and discussion of the real facts, and the other America, the one made up by people who read and think and are tolerant and care about individual freedom and rights for everyone and don't live in such fear that we need a big strong daddy from Texas to protect us from the evil doers. Hmmm... sorry, did I get carried away there? Yeah. I'll be fine. I could use some pretty girls and nice doggies and cake to comfort me on my upcoming move to Canada. Anyone?

[HEIL PRESIDENT GOD]

1. Outnumbered 2 to 1???

Hardly.

Don't believe the hype.