The Mask Slips

By Ed Lasky

The leftist establishment is slipping ever closer to outright derangement, driven mad by the public turning against the leftward push of Obama, Pelosi and Reid. These people cannot handle rejection.

John Podhoretz notes a revealing moment on Boston radio, when Governor Deval Patrick let slip the mask covering his disdainful elitism:

The governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, appeared on a Boston radio show and was asked about the right of Glenn Beck and the hundreds of thousands of attendees at his Lincoln Memorial rally to do what they've done: "It's a free country," he said, then added almost off-handedly, "I wish it weren't. but it's a free country, and you gotta respect that freedom."

Listen here. The gaffe begins at 1:17

So you don't like Tea Partiers, talk radio, Republicans and think liberal elites have all the answers and should not have to explain or justify them to the little people? The mentality of these "leaders" is clear-be it Patrick, Obama, or Pelosi.