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THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST, REDUX? ?The difference between 1.0 and 2.0 is that 2.0 are not all Prot?

By Glenn Reynolds

THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST, REDUX? “The difference between 1.0 and 2.0 is that 2.0 are not all Protestant, white males sprung full-blown from the Establishment as 1.0?s fathers and their fathers? fathers were. Like Obama himself, they are by and large onetime middle-class overachievers who made their way into the Ivy League and then catapulted to the top levels of class and power by being . . . well, the best and the brightest. But in elitism as in religion, no one is more devout than a convert, and these people, again like Obama, all having been blessed by the Ivy League, also embrace Ivy League arrogance and condescension. On this, the Republican critics are right: The administration exudes a sense of superiority.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on July 26, 2010 (boomark / email).