Reply #103: Elitism also equals being unable or unwilling to speak to people in a language they understand. [View All]

[McCamy Taylor]

There is a reason that southern politicians do better in presidential elections that Democrats from other parts of the country. People in the south, no matter how much money they make or how much education they get are taught how to talk to everybody. Conversation is an important social skill. You are expected to make yourself understood and pleasant to everyone you meet. You would never dream of calling someone stupid because they do not understand you. You are stupid because you are not telling it in a way that gets your meaning across.

Ronald Reagan, as an actor, did not have to be from the South, but most of the others that we have had since the advent of TV have spent many years in the south.

So, "elitist" can also be a piss poor communicator. Someone who does not know how to teach or tell or get a message across. Obama writes best sellers, so he can do it. Clinton lived in the south for years and is from an Irish family so she can do it. McCain has brain damage, so good luck with that.

It probably cost Bush Sr. his election. The next actor who runs will win.