re: #714 The Ghost of a Flea

Obama used the phrase “I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth.”

It’s been taken as a dig against Romney…and the Romney camp has responded by being all “we won’t rise to this provocation”…even though it’s a pat phrase that Obama has used for years.

I don’t get it. Why is Obama mentioning that? Is being born with a silver spoon shameful?