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...this peer society offered the reassurance of one’s identity—reassurance through conformity. The increasing prosperity and consumption of the period made it easier for students to engage in constantly changing fashion fads, and by doing so, one could openly express his allegiance to this elitist, collegiate culture. Collegiate manners and styles were clearly defined, as a November 12, 1925 Crimson article demonstrates: “Neck, drink, occasionally study and all will be well. Whatever you do, Freshmen, don’t be original. Be collegiate. Wear the right clothes at the right time...
Boredom seems to be the most likely answer, plus a growing grass-roots resentment of elitist politicians who govern by focus groups rather than personal convictions. Says Steven Schier, chairman of the political-science department at Minnesota's Carleton College, of Ventura: "He's charismatic, he's warm, he's colorful. Coleman and Humphrey were much more conventional politicians and provided a nice gray backdrop. Every act needs a straight man, and he had two of them." Ventura's campaign manager, Doug Friedline, says, "He's very straightforward and honest. You may not like his answers, but you're gonna...
...These days an elitist cabal of Democratic strategists advocates abandoning the hopelessly benighted South and other states—like Ohio and Pennsylvania—that are falling behind in the new economy. But any victory they might win in this way is really quite Pyrrhic from an ideological standpoint: The yuppified Democrats would abandon labor unions and economic populism altogether, marginalize civil rights, and attract middle-to-upper class whites with a boring but effective message of competent governance. This strategic shift would only ignite another culture war, one perhaps just as divisive, fueled by the Oedipal resentment...
...diagrammed, and deconstructed would do the academy proud. Barack Obama’s reference in front of an Iowa crowd last year to the rising price of arugula (as opposed, one imagines, to iceberg lettuce or a nice thick T-bone) was touted by many as proof of his elitist disconnect from middle America. The official comment that John McCain was “aware of the Internet” was neatly transfigured into an image of the Republican as an old fogey hunt-and-pecking at his dusty Underwood...
...media can’t capitalize on lies and gaffes without coming off biased. Even Letterman was scolded for continually berating McCain for skipping his show.Conservative humor like “An American Carol,” on the other hand, makes use of much less “elitist rational thought” and instead capitalizes on offensive, lowbrow humor while delivering a “patriotic” message. It’s also interesting to note that the company “American” enough to produce “An American Carol?...