Let Me See If I Understand This...

Barack Obama said some folks were resentful and held onto their guns and faith with a bitter desperation. I think he wanted to instill some empathy for people marginalized by our globalized society. Richard Cheney accused the people of West Virginia of incest. I do not think he was trying to empathize. And who exactly is the elitist? And what, by the way, do you mean by "elitist" here? And...does anything "mean" anything anymore anyhow?