Not Caring Much For Arrogance
I don’t know about you, but I don’t care much for arrogant people. I’ll put up with nutcakes, nuisances and even the occasional incurable idiot, but arrogance is not something that goes down easily for me, even though I’ve caught myself at it from time to time.
That’s one of the reasons I’ve so little empathy for George Steinbrenner as the Yankees fold yet again. There’s a certain yeah! response from me. When an incredibly rich guy buys himself a roster and then heaps blame on his players and coaches when the investment doesn’t guarantee to buy him a pennant and a series, I can’t help but feel a certain satisfaction that he got what he deserved. Some people combine arrogance with temper tantrums and it makes them doubly nasty to be around.
George Bush seems to suffer from the arrogance backlash. I think he’s probably a nice, clueless man, but he’s arrogant and those he’s surrounded himself with are arrogant as well. That self-important condescension kept him from a stroll down hi…