McCain says the "elites" are in D.C. and New York City- Page 2
McCain says the "elites" are in D.C. and New York City
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#25re: McCain says the 'elites' are in D.C. and New York City
Posted: 10/24/08 at 2:19pmOkay, so let America vote New York, D.C. and, to be safe, that rather elitist Los Angeles off the island and see how they fare without them.
#26re: McCain says the 'elites' are in D.C. and New York City
Posted: 10/24/08 at 4:37pm
Two things:
First, supportivemom, she's worth about $300 million and even their kids are millionaires already, owning part of the family bidness.
Second, Yes, NYC and DC are full of elites. These two cities attract the best and the brightest not only of America, but the world. And no, not all the people who live here and there are extraordinary, but all the extraordinary people live there or here.
Bluemoon
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/04
#27re: McCain says the 'elites' are in D.C. and New York City
Posted: 10/24/08 at 4:40pmI actually do have a cocktail party in Georgetown to go to this evening. I'll be on the lookout for any elitists. I'll want to blend in.
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#28re: McCain says the 'elites' are in D.C. and New York City
Posted: 10/25/08 at 3:00am
"...all the extraordinary people live there or here."
You can find extraordinary people in the most unlikely and extraordinary places, not just DC or NYC.
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#30re: McCain says the 'elites' are in D.C. and New York City
Posted: 10/25/08 at 12:36pm
WILLIAMS: Who is a member of the elite?
PALIN: Oh, I guess just people who think that they're better than anyone else.
Wouldn't that include right-wing religious nutjobs?
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#31re: McCain says the 'elites' are in D.C. and New York City
Posted: 10/25/08 at 1:00pm
coleen_lee - have you read Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged"? That's the plot - the intellectual "elite" decide to stop creating, designing, thinking, etc. to see how the "regular folks" will get along without them.
Of course, Ayn Rand was a Facist, but she did have a good point.
I prefer the solution offered in "Hichhiker's Guide to the Galaxy": it is announced that the planet is going to explode, and there are three rocket ships to take everyone toi safety.
In the first ship go the leaders - the thinkers, the scientists, the inventors, etc.
In the second ship go the people who actually do the work - the manual laborers.
In the third ship go the "middle managers" - agents, pencil pushers, people who just takeup space, complicate things and draw a salary.
The third ship is blasted into space... it's occupants are told not to worry, the other two ships will be along presently...
#32re: McCain says the 'elites' are in D.C. and New York City
Posted: 10/25/08 at 3:20pm
Like who Krissy?
Besides all the elite BWWers I mean...sheesh!
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