So most of us are not intellectuals, so what? What I don't understand is why so many people seem to object to politicians who are more educated, smarter, and possess better than average critical thinking skills.

I like to think I am slightly above average in the intelligence and reasoning department but I am not as smart or savvy as Obama and I have no where near the education he does.

That's why I don't feel qualified to be president or VP and why I feel that he is extremely qualified.

Shouldn't we be looking for the most educated, smartest, quickest thinking, candidate that we can get for office? Look what voting for the "regular guy that we could have a beer with" has gotten us.

Elitists are lazy out of touch people who scheme to get other people to keep the country running. It is not they have any greater intelligence it is that have greater motivation to try to subjuate others who easily may have much greater contact with reality.

Elitism is unjustified arrogance and an attempt to exploit the real work of others.

The collapse of the economy would have little bearing on the hardworking people of America compared to the hardship on the elitists who do not actually provide anything meaningful for the country beyond their obsession with their own rhetoric.

The country is far better off being led by people who are not obsessed with their own pseudo intellectualism in contrast to those who actually make the world turn.

Those who feel the fiat money of the Federal Reserve is a good thing are those who are fruitcakes. The expansion of liquidity is the worst thing that could happen to hardworking Americans. God Bless President John F Kennedy who admirably tried to undermine the Federal Reserve by beginning the printing of Silver Certificates. Whereas the corrupt Lyndon Johnson's first act as president on the plane back to Washington from Dallas was to stop the presses printing the Silver Certificates. There is no doubt in my mind that the primary reason JFK was murdered was because of the printing of the Silver Certificates. The members of the Council on Foreign Relations which include John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, George Bush, Nancy Pelosi, Dick Cheney and most other influential members of the Washington elite will ultimately hamstring the finances of all Americans, indeed the entire world, far more than is happening now. Oh sure, there may be very short term actions and acts that provide very temporary relief but the world is speeding toward the one world government of the Novus Ordo Seclorum printed on the "Great Seal" of the Illuminatti as seen with the Illuminiist's all seeing eye on top of the pyramid on the back of our one dollar Federal Reserve Note.

The Washington elite is desperately afraid of Council on Foreign Relations non-members like Governor Sarah Palin. For that reason alone she should become POTUS with the prayer she does not get assassinated like the very brave would-be economic reformer John F Kennedy was.

Archarito:

You are the very definition of what you so defiantly rail against.

Davelias12:

Archarito:

You are the very definition of what you so defiantly rail against.

In your arrogant rush to refute what was written you obviously you did not read the post!

re: Archarito

I feel hopeless that people around the world not just Americans will NEVER understand that "fiat" money is their WORST enemy!

You simply have to read section 16 of the Federal Reserve act on note issues to see what the problem is!

It says that in the United States a few select private bankers who are all descendants of the Rotheschilds have the RIGHT to print money with no collateral other than their own IOU!

The Rotheschilds were instrumental in getting the Federal Reserve Act passed when nearly all of Congress was out of town!

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I most certainly read your post (rant). And sounded pretty elitist to me: you're right, and everyone else is wrong. The working class is better than the white collar, etc, etc.

Critical Thinker: Good post!

It begins to illustrate the problem with both parties and the Washington elite in general who tolerate this abyssmal system and lack the intelligence and/or guts to reform the system.

That is why Washington outsiders like Governor Palin are the last and best hope for our country.

arhcarito...

Elitists are lazy out of touch people who scheme to get other people to keep the country running. It is not they have any greater intelligence it is that have greater motivation to try to subjuate others who easily may have much greater contact with reality.

Elitism is unjustified arrogance and an attempt to exploit the real work of others.

Sums up Bush/Dick completely (except for the intelligence that Bush DOES NOT have).

I continue to be struck by the back and forth about 'elites.' America has a love/hate relation with education. On the one hand, as Americans we value education and our parents, at least mine, sacrificed much so that each of us could attend college. At the same time, Americans are suspicious of people who are 'too smart' or too well read. I find it interesting that the Founding Fathers, for the most part, were highly well read, schooled in classic literature, all which fueled their vision for this country. Some have claimed that America is not only non-intellectual but it is anti-intellectual. I think that we are, on the hole, anti-intellectual. Whether this is because so much of Western intellectual thought is rooted in Europe from which we revolted or if it is rooted in the 'rugged individualism' so ingrained in our myth. I think it is real and it has consequences. We are less curious about other cultures, more defensive about our traditions, and more adamant about our superiority. My grandfather worked in the mines of West Virginia but he read great books. He was curious of others, and he was open - and he never betrayed his working class roots.

As far as elite leaders - it is interesting that we are suspicious about political leaders in ways that we are not about other professions. Would you not want the best trained cardiologist to consult if you had a heart issue. Have you ever heard that a patient wants 'joe-six pack' to preform surgery on your loved one? Yet when it comes to politics, expertise is seen as a liability. Do you really want someone with the knowledge of a 'talk radio host' who is untrained in economics, law or finances, (liberal or conservative) to be making decisions that determine the lives of millions of people. I don't! Liberals and conservatives can disagree about policy but they need to have more than casual knowledge if they are to be wise.

and even 'smart' people don't always spell correctly or type well - lol

Davelias12:

I most certainly read your post (rant). And sounded pretty elitist to me: you're right, and everyone else is wrong. The working class is better than the white collar, etc, etc.

Davelias12 The problem is the extremely vast majority of Washingtonians are too obsessed with personal power and self preservation knowing they are under the intense scrutiny of the secret societies to have the guts to o anything about the real problem.

It is not a matter of white collar v blue collar as you claim. It is a matter of:

1. Who has the knowledge of what is happening to our country,and;

2. Who has the guts to address what is really happening to our country by those politicians and people with similar influence who have been purchased (intentionally or ignorantly) by International money?

Very few white collar people have shown the courage to do anything about the problems.

Blue collar people tend to see the bigger problems easier than white collar folks. Because they have not allowed themselves to become influenced by the same indoctrination that comes through universities, corporations and the main stream educational system as the white collar folks have.

It boils down to has obtained real truthful information about the adverse influences on our country. Typically white collar folks are too busy to see the forest through the trees.

re: Archarito

I agree that "fiat" money is a problem, but no way in hell do I think that LIAR and IDIOT Sarah Palin should be anywhere near the presidency!

I want INTELLIGENT and well educated president and vice-president, therefore I have no choice left but to vote for Obama/Biden over McCain/Palin.

In Palin's interviews with Gibson and Couric she showed that she is a LIAR by saying she said "no thanks to the bridge to nowhere" while being for it and keeping the money to build the road that went to where the bridge would have been.

In Palin's interviews with Gibson and Couric she showed she is an IDIOT by her incoherent rambling and non-sense that being able to see Russia means foriegn policy experience.

The word Idiot is a Greek word that refers to someone who does not have a public life - it has nothing to do with intelligence or the lack thereof. That being said, I am extremely worried that Palin will be so close to the Oval office.