Apr 28, 2008 - Are you as fed up as I am with the campaign mud-slinging? The odd thing is, it isn't mud -- it's the squeaky-clean epithet "elite."

Suddenly, being articulate, polite, and well-educated is snobbery. Prefering a glass of orange juice to coffee and doughnuts is effete. Dressing formally in a tie and jacket (rather than a tee shirt and sweats) is pretentious.

Good grief! -- what are we looking…