It's never particularly difficult to understand why we despise the political class, but every so often something happens that reinforces our disdain.

This past Sunday was such an occasion.

Rahm Emmanuel, White House Chief of Staff, on ABC's This Week program, railed against BP CEO, Tony Hayward, for attending a yacht race back in Great Britain.  Among his gusher of acerbic comments, Emmanuel spewed this gem, "And I think we can all conclude that Tony Hayward is not going to have a second career in PR consulting.  This has just been part of a long line of PR gaffes and mistakes."

Can you spell chutzpah?

As Emmanuel's criticisms were hitting the Sunday airwaves, the Hack(er)-n-Chief was part way into a six-hour round of golf—his seventh foray to the links since the Gulf disaster began.  Mind you, this is the same person who vowed, in Churchillian fashion, that "we will not rest until this well is shut, the environment is repaired, and the cleanup is complete."

Sure, it didn't have the eloquence and resonance of Winston's We shall fight on the beaches speech ("We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender..." ).  But, to be fair, Barry IS fighting in the bunkers.  He's just carrying a sand wedge instead of a rifle.

So, maybe BO can't offer "blood, toil, tears and sweat."

Shouldn't we, though, expect more than...sludge, oil, fears and debt?