The Nappy Cat Chronicles

From Talking Points Memo:

Hillary Clinton has just started doing an Indiana town-hall meeting being broadcast on ABC, and George Stephanopoulos asked her a direct question:

Could she name a single economist who agrees with her support for the gas tax holiday?

Hillary sidestepped the question, and tried to use the complete dearth of expert support for the idea to her advantage, pointing to it as proof that she’s on the side of ordinary folks against “elite opinion” — a phrase she used twice.

“I think we’ve been for the last seven years seeing a tremendous amount of government power and elite opinion behind policies that haven’t worked well for hard working Americans,” she said.

A bit later she added: “It’s really odd to me that arguing to give relief to a vast majority of Americans creates this incredible pushback…Elite opinion is always on the side of doing things that don’t benefit” the vast majority of the American people.

Emphasis mine. If you had any doubt that this woman is Bush 43 redux–an insufferable and delusional jackass with a widely recognized last name–you should not after reading her above statements. It’s politics, yes. But a stone’s throw beyond using “elite opinion” is the adoption of the the O’Reilly tactic of referring to everyone with whom you disagree as “far left.” Though, since she is running as a Republican, characterizing Obama as “far left” would be her at her most honest.