Lepers

by digby

You can have my steaming hot latte when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers:

“I am convinced that if there were no Fox News, I might be two or three points higher in the polls,” Obama told me. “If I were watching Fox News, I wouldn’t vote for me, right? Because the way I’m portrayed 24/7 is as a freak! I am the latte-sipping, New York Times-reading, Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal. Who wants somebody like that?

Obviously, no one in their right minds.

*Disclaimer: I get why Obama is saying this and I’m not knocking him for it. It’s SOP. Still, someday it would be nice if Democrats didn’t feel the need to define their base as liberal freaks. One tends to lose interest in helping those who wipe their feet on your face after a while.

Update: I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with being a liberal. I am proud to call myself one. I’m whining a bit about being called a freak who no one would ever want to vote for. So shoot me …

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