Zillionaire Critics

by Stacie

I get a real kick out of the zillionaires in the political establishment calling Obama "elitist." Candidates and former candidates who self-fund their campaigns from their enormous net worth should, perhaps, not be taken very seriously when leveling these charges.

Mitt Romney, the human pretzel now angling to ride McCain's coattails into the veep's office, should be treated only as a laughingstock. Hillary Clinton, running a campaign designed only to damage her opponent's chances in November, has stood on the levers of power far too long to make such an absurd claim. She lived at the presidential residence for eight years. If that doesn't make one an elite, nothing can.