Tidbit No. 27
A letter-to-the-editor response to Newsweek’s recent cover story (picture at right) headlined “Obama’s Bubba Gap: Deep rooted race and class issues are changing the “hope” election,” which published May 2. (See the full article here. Read all the responses here.)
“Obama’s Bubba Gap” (May 5) asks whether Barack Obama is elitist. To be sure, I know the definition of elite, but I still chose to consult the dictionary. “Elite” refers to “a small group of people … who have more power, social standing, wealth or talent than the rest of the group.” By that definition, Hillary Clinton and John McCain are also elitist. And, I, for one, am thrilled! I want a president who is smarter, more talented and more powerful than the man next door. As an average American with a household income less than average, please give me an elitist president.
Becky Balestri Killion
Omaha, Neb.
I whole-heartedly agree. After all, we don’t want a president we can all see as a “drinking buddy,” the point of the icon of light beer on the right-hand side of the Newsweek cover. We have one of those now, and he’s just as valuable in the White House as any other neighborhood tavern drunk IMHO. Even if most the country can’t pronounce it and are frightened of its verdant, vegetably greenness, I’d still like the (left-hand icon) arugula candidate any day.
But I guess I’m not your average American Bubba, though.
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