A LOT OF FUSS has been made of Barack Obama’s chagrin at the price of arugula at Whole Foods. For the past couple weeks, arugula has been, for McCain and the right wing of the Republican party, a handy emblem for Obama’s alleged “liberal elitism.” Move over latte, arugula is the new gastronomical weapon of the reverse snobs of the right (who are, as it happens, usually beltway insiders who are pretty well fed on fancy food, but I digress … )
[Full disclosure: Three Roads blog loves the lively and spicy taste of arugula but usually buys it at the local Albertson's, not at Whole Foods, so I'm not in a position to bemoan the cost of arugula. I simply bemoan the cost of everything at Whole Paycheck Foods.]
So if we’ve left the era of the latte-liberal, what’s going to be the catchy, reductive and polarizing term that incorporates the leafy green vegetable known as arugula? Here are some ideas, free for use to all conservatives who frequent this blog (I’m looking at you, John Lofton!):
- Demarugulas
- Arugulacrats
- Liberugulas
Hmmm. As you can see, none of these has the same snap as latte liberal. Maybe it’s alliteration that we need! Ok, here goes:
Arugula ahhh … arugula ahhh ….
I’m stuck. Can anyone think of an a-word that describes people who are left of center? Aristocrat could work, but it’s historic ties are to, I would guess, a more conservative political ideology.
Let me know if you come up with anything.
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