1. You know you’re an elitist if…

    #8

    Barack Obama’s oratory power, strength of character, and subtle understanding of complicated issues have actually served to dissolve a venerable portion of the acidic pessimism that’s been eating into your very soul for eight solid years, causing you to actually begin to believe that maybe, just maybe, nuanced intellectual acumen and the nearly bankrupt American experiment do not necessarily have to be mutually exclusive. Only elitist snobs know what “venerable” means. Or “acumen.” Or “you.”

    —

    Mark Morford

    San Francisco Chronicle

    • September 13, 2008 at 11:09pm
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      I was just telling a friend the other day that being called an elitist is my favorite insult that someone can hurl at...
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      —Mark Morford, San Francisco Chronicle
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