There is no question that some of the "elites" simply do not "get" the heartland or even parts of the South. You know, it's Elvis's time of year, and it's worth remembering that his Gospel album, a wild success, was ... unwanted by his producers.
In any case, managing the country is quite different, or should be.
Someone, either on AS's blog or on one of the other Altantic was just writing about the intellectual history of the run-up to the war (perhaps as part of Ignatieff's NYT piece? - I cannot find the post).
Why presume an "intellectual history" from King George "The Decider" whatsoever?:
Rove: Bush’s critics are ’snobs’ who hate his ‘common sense.’
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Texas Anti-Intellectualism
