Word: elitists
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...Charles.” There is something subversive in the name that touches the inner rebel in me—the idea that my school, however idealized by U.S. News & World Reports and The New York Times, is considered by some (or many) Americans to be a bastion of elitist, pinko revolutionaries...
...Despite Clinton's derision of Obama as an elitist in recent days, her Indiana strategy has been hinged on winning the support of the state's political establishment. That began in earnest with last fall's endorsement by Sen. Evan Bayh, the popular former governor. She also won the backing of Indiana's Democratic party chair, Dan Parker, who, like Bayh, is among the state's 12 superdelegates. Still, the race is considered so tight that Stephen J. Luecke, South Bend's mayor, began a recent interview with TIME by saying, "Whoever our nominee is, I'm going to fully...
...tribute to Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, is a particularly meditative piece about the ways perception and communication affect our world. Forgács clearly enjoys questioning his audience and provoking thoughts and reactions through his documentaries. Despite his clear admiration for film history, however, he is not an elitist when it comes to genre. “I don’t see a big difference between a good documentary and good fiction,” he said. “There is one basic value—that is cinematic value...
...something pretty close to it: driving his own cars, answering his own phone, cooking his famous chili for friends and still paying off his student loans. By contrast, Hillary Clinton has been in Washington for more than a decade and John McCain, who has also thrown a few elitist jabs Obama's way, has been there more than two decades...
...unfortunately for Obama, it's a dangerous perception. "Mistakes become "gaffes" when they play to an underlying stereotype," said Michael Munger, a political science professor at Duke University. "The Obama stereotype is a wealthy Ivy League elitist. He's a little too well-spoken; his suits are a little too expensive. From him, the comment comes off as condescending...