Treat yourself to part 1 and part 2 of his interview with Tom Wolfe. I especially like Wolfe’s explanation of the Charming Aristocracy in part 2.

One of his readers observes:

What he said about the charming aristocracy perfectly describes, it seems to me, the sophisticates who support Obama. [They think that] those of us who are lesser beings can’t possibly understand what Obama is and what his election portends for the country.

Update:

Another reader takes it a step further.

Tom Wolfe, in his description of the charming aristocracy, outlines many of the habits of liberals in general. He points out that the aristocracy comes to believe that the simple “journalism” is too low-brow for them. I have seen this exact attitude in many who embrace anti-Americanism, anti-patriotism, and most liberal points of view because they don’t want to seem pedestrian. When they come up against someone who is well educated, reasonably refined, AND conservative, they are at a loss to explain it. Hence, the difficulty understanding someone like William F. Buckley and his peers (did he actually have any peers?).