In defense of Snobs.

Oggi il presunto canditato dei Repubblicani per l'elezione 2012, Rick Santorum, ha detto che Obama è uno snob perchè vuole in America che tutti siano laureati.

Ecco l'articlo in italiano:

http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/News/Esteri/Usa-Santorum-Obama-e-uno-snob-vuole-tutti-laureati_313025479466.html

And the link in English:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/25/rick-santorum-obama-snob-college_n_1301854.html

Well, it probably comes as no surprise that we at the Kensington Language Consultants tend to side with President Obama on this one.  And just to wave our Snob Pride in any potential Santorum supporter's face who may browse this site, here's a bit of snobby, useless poetry from one of the greats of American Literature, Walt Whitman.

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars,
And the pigsmire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren,
And the tree-toad is a chief of the highest,
And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven,
And the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all machinery,
And the cow crunching with lowered head surpasses any statue,
And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels.

from "Song of Myself."