Elitism

I'm a bit of a political junkie, and, over the last month I have become extremely frustrated at the throwing around of the word "elitist." This is ridiculous in so many ways. First, none of the three candidates are remotely near to being a "common" person. Neither Obama bowling, Clinton drinking, nor McCain's "Straight Talk Express" can hide the fact that all three candidates left being "common people" long ago. Second, it always seems like a liability for a candidate to appear in any way intellectual. To be elected, it appears that a candidate must subsume any intellectual gifts under a guise of likable mediocrity, or someone who never tells anyone any bad news. All of these petty, gossipy kinds of "issues" do nothing but make everyone involved look ridiculous, as well as the country.