Smug

From FoxNews.com

"The Republican leadership," Emanuel said, "has made a strategic decision that defeating President Obama's health care proposal is more important for their political goals than solving the health insurance problems that Americans face every day."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/19/dems-difficulty-getting-health-care/

What's amazing to me is the absolute snobbishness I've seen in the democrat side of the political aisle. This statement really points that out.

Okay, so I know that not all democrats are snobs and not all of them agree with statements like that of Rom Emanuel. So let me just get that out of the way. I'm also certain there have been plenty of republicans who I could say the same thing about.

So let me tell you what's wrong with this statement by Emanuel. He honestly believes that, first, he's right and all intelligent Americans are with him and, second, that all this opposition is nothing more than republicans playing politics. And oh, those poor Americans will suffer through their horrible health insurance problems because republicans don't want to play ball and replace the health care system with something different.

Why is it that if anyone disagrees with their opinion, it must be contrived? How come you must not be a thinking human being if you disagree? Wouldn't a more likely conclusion be that Rom Emanuel may have an opinion that a lot of Americans, maybe even the majority of Americans might disagree with? And maybe, just maybe, Rom Emanuel and many other smug and snobby politicians are either wrong or in the minority.

I don't care if you're a republican or a democrat politician, if the words coming out of your mouth are constantly dripping with snobbery, it's time for you to go home and learn to work with your hands again.