Apparently there are degrees of elitism, among the elite

John Scalzi enjoys a bit of fun-poking at the expense of an elitist who calls other people "elitist":

This article notes that Lady de Rothschild was worth $100 million in 1998 . . . which was before she married Sir Evelyn Rothschild, of the British branch of the Rothschild financial dynasty, which is worth, well, lots.

So, on one hand, I suppose Lady de Rothschild might know what an elitist looks like. On the other hand, her saying she doesn't like Obama because she thinks he is elitist is so full of rich and creamy clueless irony that I feel like every person in the country who makes less than a quarter million dollars a year ought to drop trou, face away from Lady de Rothschild, and tell her to kiss our base and common puckerguards. Anyone who lives on a 3,200 acre estate that features an entrance hall "notable for its large paintings by Thomas Gainsborough, George Romney, and Joshua Reynolds" loses the ability to criticize anyone else in the entire goddamn universe for being "elitist," particularly a dude who while growing up got to experience the joys of a food stamp dinner.