http://wordie.org/words/elite Comments for the word 'Elite' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/elite#comments "We could, following her {Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's} strenuously folksy debate performance, wonder when elite became a bad thing in America. Navy Seals are elite, and they get lots of training so they can swim underwater and invade a foreign country, but if you’re governing the country that dispatches the Seals, it’s not O.K. to be elite? Can <a href="/words/likable">likable</a> still trump <a href="/words/knowledgeable">knowledgeable</a> at such a vulnerable crossroads for the country?"<br /><br />– Maureen Dowd, "Sarah's Pompom <a href="/words/Palaver">Palaver</a>", <i>New York Times</i>, 4 Oct 2008 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:21:53 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/elite#comments