Elitist?

Rush Limbaugh writes an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal that is critical of Woodward, and Woodward's latest book. It's mostly hogwash, as you might expect. But this line caught our attention:

As for some of Mr. Woodward's observations about the president's intelligence, his supposed misapplication of funds for military preparations against Iraq, his personal relationship with God, etc. -- how elitist!

It's now "elitist" to simply make "observations" about Bush. It used to be elitist to look down on somebody for a particular trait. But now the standard - according to Limbaugh - has changed. Simply observing is problematical. Of course, the logical extension of that is to say that observing anything about the world is "elitist". So why bother with the news at all? Don't think at all. Just do what you're told (by the right-wing radio folks).

posted by Quiddity at 4/21/2004 12:39:00 PM