{"id":666445,"date":"2021-08-20T17:06:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T21:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=666445"},"modified":"2021-08-20T17:06:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T21:06:28","slug":"perspective-stop-whining-plebs-the-dc-elite-are-also-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/perspective-stop-whining-plebs-the-dc-elite-are-also-suffering\/","title":{"rendered":"Perspective: Stop Whining, Plebs, the DC \u00c9lite Are Also Suffering"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fperspective-stop-whining-plebs-the-dc-elite-are-also-suffering%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=666445&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"28.9592760181\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/\">Politics<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Obama&#8217;s super-spreader birthday bash may have ruined the fall party scene in our nation&#8217;s capital<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dc-elites-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/dc-elites.jpg 736w, https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/dc-elites-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/dc-elites-682x491.jpg 682w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/andrew-stiles\/\" title=\"Posts by Andrew Stiles\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Andrew Stiles<\/a> \u2022 August 20, 2021 5:00 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"116.82181059223\">\n<p>Regular Americans love to complain about how the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected their lives. The plebs throw temper tantrums when members of the political \u00e9lite flaunt their privilege by <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/guest-column-obama-birthday\/\">throwing massive parties<\/a> and ignoring the rules they put in place for everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>Regular Americans, who as we all know are to blame for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2021\/08\/19\/donald-trump-not-problem-american-democracy-we-are-nichols\/5563354001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruining<\/a> democracy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2021\/08\/afghanistan-your-fault\/619769\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">botching<\/a> the Afghanistan withdrawal, should try to take a deep breath and put their so-called suffering in perspective. They shouldn&#8217;t lose sight of the fact that the political \u00e9lite are also suffering, and \u00e9lite suffering is, for obvious reasons, even more tragic than regular suffering.<\/p>\n<p><em>Politico<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2021\/08\/20\/obama-douses-dcs-party-scene-494060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> that members of the Washington, D.C., \u00e9lite are the victims of a grave injustice perpetrated by one of their own. Former president Barack Obama&#8217;s 60th birthday party in Martha&#8217;s Vineyard earlier this month was a confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/obama-super-spreader\/\">super-spreader event<\/a>. The &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/obama-variant-super-spreader\/\">Obama variant<\/a>&#8221; has wreaked havoc on the island&#8217;s only hospital system.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Obama. His insatiable narcissism may have ruined the fall party scene in our nation&#8217;s capital. Democratic power players, shocked at the (relatively) critical tone of the media coverage surrounding the Martha&#8217;s Vineyard affair, are worried they might have to wait a few months before it&#8217;s socially acceptable to hang out with celebrities again:<\/p>\n<p><em>The bashing of the bash is having a chilling effect on the D.C. party scene as (especially Democratic) pols and their staffers scramble to figure out when and where \u2014 or even if \u2014 they can party again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Who wants to throw a party right now when Obama hired a doctor to make sure everyone&#8217;s vaccinated and passes a Covid test and he still gets shamed for it?&#8221; said JOHN ARUNDEL, former associate publisher of Washington Life magazine and managing director of Perdicus Communications.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I just think there&#8217;s a stigma to throwing any kind of event,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The optics of throwing the party or being at the party, it can be chilling.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The results have been almost as tragic as the chaos unfolding at the Kabul airport. Democratic lobbyist Heather Podesta, for example, was planning to host a lavish gala in September at the French ambassador&#8217;s residence. She was forced to reschedule the event for November.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we could do six weeks ago, we can&#8217;t do now,&#8221; lamented Adrienne Elrod, a former Hillary Clinton adviser. &#8220;We have to be so cognizant because Republicans are looking for any reason to call us hypocrites or to call us liars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>All is not lost, however, as a number of swanky gatherings are still on track. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D., S.C.) will be honored at the March on Washington Film Festival on Sept. 30; hundreds are expected to attend. The Halycon Awards, a fundraising gala for a prominent liberal nonprofit organization, is scheduled for the following day.<\/p>\n<p>A number of Democrats are refusing to let Obama&#8217;s bad vibes prevent them from raising money from left-wing billionaires. Kathy Hochul, who is (<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/dont-say-goodbye-to-cuomo-just-yet\/\">at least in theory<\/a>) set to replace disgraced governor Andrew Cuomo (D., N.Y.), attended a series of high-dollar fundraisers in the Hamptons this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Journalists and lobbyists, meanwhile, are suffering an almost unfathomable hardship:<\/p>\n<p><em>Some lobbyists are panicked about shrinking guest lists at fundraisers, especially with the infrastructure and reconciliation bills on the table. Fundraisers are prime opportunities to corner a member and press their interests.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Journalists might suffer too, with the Washington book party circuit in limbo. Lobbyist and D.C. hostess JULEANNA GLOVER was slated to have a book party at her Kalorama home in September for GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON&#8217;s new tome, but she&#8217;s going to make the call the week before on whether to have the party based on the CDC&#8217;s guidance.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts and prayers!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics Obama&#8217;s super-spreader birthday bash may have ruined the fall party scene in our nation&#8217;s capital  Andrew Stiles \u2022 August 20, 2021 5:00 pm Regular &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}