Of course Obama is elitist

So are Clinton and McCain. They all consider themselves worthy of the temporary dictatorship.

If I took a more sanguine view of the U.S. presidency I would demand only elite candidates. The most abominable, I mean powerful, person in the world had better be the smartest and wisest possible person available.

The alternative to demanding an elite is demanding a demagogue. It never fails to stun and embarrass me to see the preponderance of discourse demanding the latter, while politicians comply by running away from any charge of elitism while reveling in demagoguery.

This weakness is one reason I try to only follow electoral races in highly digested form, though it is hard to avoid reading headlines, thus this post.

Posted 2008-05-01, filed under Peeves, Politics, Prediction Markets.

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  1. “I try to only follow electoral races in highly digested form” —that is, thru the lens of the political prediction markets. | Midas Oracle .ORG says:
    2008-05-02 at 2:12

    […] Excellent formulation by Mike Linksvayer. […]

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