A few months ago, Maureen Dowd wrote an article where she blasted Barack Obama as an elitist. Frankly I thought the article itself smacked of more elitism than Obama himself ever displayed. She essentially used the “I’m a real American because I grew up in a house with a gun, while you went to an ivy league school” argument. Frankly I’ve never understood why some people think that this makes them “real” Americans while others are “fake” Americans. Her other lines of attack basically boiled down to the fact that Obama talked on camera about arugula, and couldn’t bowl, while Hillary drank scotch in a bar. (Seriously – is this how we pick the leader of the free world – what kind of alcohol they drink?)

I could go on tearing into this article for at least another four paragraphs but I’ll restrain myself. The sweet revenge happened yesterday when Dowd penned another column attacking Karl Rove for calling Obama elitist. (I know the party usually solidifies around it’s candidate, but this is too much). Now we all know that any politician calling another an elitist is a bit like the pot calling the kettle black, but for some reason it’s actually worked. George W. Bush, a man who was born to a tremendous amount of privilege, was somehow elected to the whitehouse twice in part by appearing to be less elitist than his opponents.

I feel like I’ve wandered off topic (I do that a lot when discussing politics), so let me sum up quickly so I can go to bed:

• Dowd is a hypocrite.
• Rove is a hypocrite
• All politicians are filthy stinkin’ rich. Deal with it.
• Finally, I want a president who is elite. Don’t you? Don’t you want the leader of the country to be smart and have track record of success? I want the president to be the best of the best, and nothing less.