A postscript to my original message... later on I read: QUOTE Mark McKinnon, a former senior media adviser to Bush, drove the point home to Suskind. The administration didn’t mind at all when the information elites of the east and west coasts treated Bush - and by extension middle America - like an idiot.
Middle America liked "the way he walks and the way he points, the way he exudes confidence. They have faith in him," McKinnon said. "And when you attack him for his malaprops, his jumbled syntax, it’s good for us. Because you know what those folks don’t like? They don’t like you!" By "you", Suskind interpolated, McKinnon meant "the entire reality-based community". UNQUOTE Turnbull frequently speaks disparagingly about "the elites" and "the elite press", by which he means the ABC and Fairtax. Is he trying to create the same situation here? If so, he's sunk far lower than I would have thought possible. David L. _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
