A little projection

Karl Rove has (infamously by now) said Obama is "coolly arrogant":

"Even if you never met him, you know this guy," Rove said, per Christianne Klein. "He's the guy at the country club with the beautiful date, holding a martini and a cigarette that stands against the wall and makes snide comments about everyone who passes by."

Okay.

First, Josh Marshall & Co at TPM thinks there's a racial angle - Obama's uppity, and after your women!

Second, Matt Yglesias at the Atlantic thinks there's a classist bias - and error:

Rove assumes that "you know this guy" but unless "you" are a wealthy person from the past, you probably don't know a guy like that.

And John Mckay at archy thinks it's worse than that (for Rove):

Putting Obama in a country club was was meant to imply that Obama is an elite (eek), but assuming we know the types who hang out at country clubs much more firmly lands Rove in the dreaded elites than it does Obama. But then, we all know Rove's type. He's the pathetic guy who is still trying to get back at the kids in high school who wouldn't him join their clique. You don't have to be uppity or an elite to know--and avoid--that guy.

But I think there's more going on under the surface. Accusing someone of something you do yourself has turned out to be quite the GOP failing of late. And who is it who's at the country club making snide remarks? Who coasts on his daddy's name and money, has gotten bailed out of every mistake he's ever made, and makes fun of people (including retarded women on death row)? Or who has the actual trophy wife - who came with tons of money - and who owns lots of houses and carries a quarter of a million dollars in credit-card debt?

Do we know that guy?

Yeah. But his name's not Barack Obama.