John McCain isn't sure how many houses he owns. But is he elitist? The current state of US affairs would say no. Elitist used to refer to someone who had a lot of power & money. Dick Cheney, for example, who made tens of millions of dollars with Saddam Hussein before deciding to start a war with him and ending over a million Iraqi civilians' lives along with over four thousand Americans' in the process. You might think that kind of money and that kind of power--power to destroy nations--is elitist, especially when combined with the nonexistent "checks & balances" and national debate (things we're supposed to be proud of as Americans). Unfortunately, these days, an "elitist" is someone who reads and engages in that hated nuance. Why use your gift of a brain to make distinctions (elitist) when you could instead use it to invent reasons to go to war--of which you have never even been close to being a part of--and kill other people's children (which must be downright folksy by comparison)?