The Arrogance of the Left
Mood:  chillin'
Topic: Politics
It's always nice after an election to see the Left look down their noses at the poor, unwashed masses who just voted against their anointed candidate. Comments found here and there:

From Liberal Street Fighter: "Because it appears that slightly more than half of U.S. citizens are f**king retarded, that's why. Someone has to look out for their best interests, and it might as well be me. "

Paul Krugman in The New York Times: "But Democrats are not going to get the support of people whose votes are motivated, above all, by their opposition to abortion and gay rights (and, in the background, opposition to minority rights). All they will do if they try to cater to intolerance is alienate their own base."

Then this rich opinion from Jane Smiley at Slate: "The election results reflect the decision of the right wing to cultivate and exploit ignorance in the citizenry."

Her remedy made me chuckle. "Progressives have only one course of action now: React quickly to every outrage--red state types love to cheat and intimidate, so we have to assume the worst and call them on it every time. We have to give them more to think about than they can handle--to always appeal to reason and common sense, and the law, even when they can't understand it and don't respond."

A poster on the Democratic Underground Forums wrote "what I find most depressing -- and outrageous -- about the election results is that 59 million of our fellow citizens are so messed up in their 'values.' "

And finally, one from the DNC web site: "Kind of hard to export democracy when you're too stupid to manage it at home. Cynical as I am, I wouldn't have thought so many people could be so ... dumb."

I just love the tolerant Left, don't you?