Why is it that every time one of the “political elite” in this Country says that it is time for an “adult conversation” they automatically assume they are the adult in the conversation?

“Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has some harsh words for rural America: It's "becoming less and less relevant," he says.
A month after an election that Democrats won even as rural parts of the country voted overwhelmingly Republican, the former Democratic governor of Iowa told farm belt leaders this past week that he's frustrated with their internecine squabbles and says they need to be more strategic in picking their political fights.

‘It's time for us to have an adult conversation with folks in rural America," Vilsack said in a speech at a forum sponsored by the Farm Journal. "It's time for a different thought process here, in my view.’”

http://www.businessinsider.com/usda-chief-rural-america-is-becoming-less-relevant-2012-12