Limousine liberals take a road trip

One of the burdens of election time is that the liberal elite feel they have to go out and mix it up with the icky little people. So weary-making for them, I'm sure! But at least it's a rich source of comedy (hat tip: Allah):

And some of the prime laughs are when the city slickers head out to the country:

Unfortunately, after the last election, the limousine liberals felt compelled to hit the road again to try to figure out who was driving the steamroller that ran them over. First, it was Senator Russ Feingold creator of the George Soros Money Laundering Act Campaign Finance Reform Act. He headed off to Alabama, nominally to play golf, but he couldn't keep his yap shut about the citizens.

Then the Washington Post sent out staff writer David Von Drehle to drive from Nebraska to Texas and report back on all the benighted folks he encountered. Tim Blair has a scintillating Fisking of this condescending foolishness, but I liked one part of Von Drehle's screed:

We met dozens of people along the way. We asked them about themselves, about their communities, about their votes. Some were leery of us. Several asked politely: "What are you trying to accomplish?" Others were more blunt: "What's your angle?" Another version: "What are you hoping to find?"

We met Bruce Owen outside Abilene, Kan. He invited us into his home, introduced us to his wife, Donna -- and then seemed to wish he hadn't. He told us he rarely saw people like himself portrayed in "the media," except as objects of derision.

He had a point there.
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A minute ago there were 12 regulars seated in the puddle of light beyond the pool table. Seven men clustered quietly together while five wives chatted amiably at the table beside them. Turns out a good way to get folks moving in Waco, Neb., is to introduce yourself as a reporter from Washington, D.C.

Indeed!