Quote P. J. O'Rourke: "The principal feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness. By loudly denouncing all bad thingswar and hunger and date rapeliberals testify to their own terrific goodness. More important, they promote themselves to membership in a self-selecting elite of those who care deeply about such things... It's a kind of natural aristocracy, and the wonderful thing about this aristocracy is that you don't have to be brave, smart, strong, or even lucky to join it, you just have to be liberal."