"... sure, there's an arrogance to wealth and power, an accompanying hubris... but there's also a hubris nestled in weakness, the self regard of victim-hood... one's idealogical bias is often a reflection of this search for the 'perfect' self and thusly the exercise of skepticism towards all claims and pleas is strongly advised... but if forced to choose I'll almost always take the arrogant conservative over the aggrieved liberal..."