There's precious little to like actually, no surprise that they'd dislike him. Performance isn't the only factor. The guy's gone out of his way to be a piece of shit, and that didn't start all of a sudden. I like the part about putting his hands around the girlfriend, then later informing rather than asking her that she'd have to disappear.
Those personality defficiencies might've been exacerbated over time, but were always there. Funny thing about it, he was always middle class, a lot of his hatred's hand-me-down attitudes from others rather than direct experience, making his indignation all the more absurd and inappropriate.
There's no doubt that he's an asshole, but honestly, so am I; so naturally I can sympathize with him. If I was him I'd be the same way with the media, after all, they are only out for themselves and their own agendas. I'd also use AAS, but probably earlier in my career. I don't think it matters whether he grew up middleclass, so did I, but that doesn't mean I haven't suffered discrimination to some degree.
Racism has no class distinction. If you can't understand that, then you are probably white.
All in all, I see this as the meda trying to sensationalize one man simply because he doesn't play "the game" of politics. He says what he wants, does what he wants. He's a man, not a politician.
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