Barack Obama is elitist! Idiocracy in action.

Why does the press need to criticize people in the public eye whom it perceives to be "too smart?" Obama has been called elitist over and over again, and why? Because he doesn't spend his days in front of the TV drinking Bud Light from the can? Because he is educated?

It's as if the majority of people want a president who is just like them. And why not? An affable guy, C student, not some over intellectual lawyer type. Oh wait, that's what we have now. There's a common idiot in the White House now. How's that working for you?

Are we still in high school that we feel the need to chastise people for being too smart?

The truth of the matter is that there are few, if any players at the national level who have anything in common with "the common man." For starters, they are college grads.* Most of them have degrees in law. Most did well in school and would be considered over-achievers. The vast majority were wealthy when they started in politics the rest got that way along the road. Because it is their job, the good ones are well read on the issues, or at least well briefed.

When you think about it, the vast majority of presidents have been wildly "elitist" by today's standards. All of them could read, (even Jackson!), which set them apart from a sizable slice of the population.** They were educated past the one room schoolhouse stage. Some in their military careers, others in college. Meanwhile, this country still has a planned school absence timed with the sowing of crops known as Spring Break. How many farmers are in Congress now? My guess is none.

Stop being a Douche Nozzle and calling Obama an elitist becuase he's articulate, intelligent and has some level of sophistication. As far as past presidents go, he's in good company.


*According to the U.S. Census Bureau stats released in 2005:

The Northeast had the highest proportion of college graduates (30.9 percent), followed by the West (30.2 percent), the Midwest (26.0 percent) and the South (25.5 percent).

**From the National Assessment of Adult Literacy:

For the later part of this century the illiteracy rates have been relatively low, registering only about 4 percent as early as 1930. However, in the late 19th century and early 20th century, illiteracy was very common. In 1870, 20 percent of the entire adult population was illiterate, and 80 percent of the black population was illiterate. By 1900 the situation had improved somewhat, but still 44 percent of blacks remained illiterate. ....

http://nces.ed.gov/naal/lit_history.asp#illiteracy