Then why is the Vice President railing about a so-called "cultural elite" that, he claims, opposes those values?

The so-called elite has never lived in this country's reality.

And, it says, "Among the so-called meritocratic elite, low teacher-to-child ratios are beloved.

"When I hire assistants, I often get applications from these so-called elites," he continued.

In short, I think the so-called elites, even with the worldwide web, still control far too much of what we think.

Somehow, the so-called elites will survive despite all their differences.

It's just the fact that too many of our so-called elite have been too busy looking after themselves to care.

They cannot affford being blacklisted by the USG and losing all that access to the so-called "elite".

It is one of the city's so-called elite high schools where an entrance examination is required.

Part of the problem is that the critique of the schools comes more from the so-called cultural elite than it does from the grass roots.