My favorite recent political quote is this one by John Edwards:
On many nights, my phone would ring and I would hear the senator [Edwards] on the other end. Sometimes he sounded petty and irritated by ordinary events. He especially hated making appearances at county fairs, where ‘fat rednecks try to shove food down my face. I know I’m the people’s senator, but do I have to hang out with them?‘ ” [emphasis added]
Actually, it’s hard for me not to sympathize with Edwards here at least somewhat. I would probably find many campaign events even more irritating than he did. On the other hand, unlike Edwards, I didn’t run for president as a populist/man of the people.