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Hi, I’m Jpod, and I’m An Elitist

EVERYBODY: Hi, JPod.

JPOD: Yep. Elitist. I mean, I’ve hurt a lot of people with my elitism. Like when I screamed at my wife, “What? You forgot the brie?” Or when I told my baby daughter that she was not allowed to watch “Barney” because it was simply too inane.

EVERYBODY: Ha ha ha.

JPOD: Yeah, that’s all my life was about. Just waiting until I could deliver the next elitist judgment. I’d lie, cheat or steal to act like an elitist. The only thing I loved was The New Yorker.

EVERYBODY: Yes, the New Yorker.

JPOD: I’m six months elite-free now. But it’s a struggle. Like I just can’t take this Harriet Miers nomination. I know I shouldn’t mind that she only went to SMU and that her favorite writer is John Grisham, but it gets to me…Then I realize that’s just the elitism talking. I know I can beat this thing. With your help, I will beat this thing. I just have to remember the 12 steps of anti-elitism. 1) Support Harriet Miers. 2) Support Harriet Miers. 3) Support Harriet Miers…

EVERYBODY: Thanks, JPod!

John Podhoretz, a New York Post columnist for 25 years, is the editor of Commentary.
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