Excitable Andy thinks he is attacking Hillary Clinton for criticizing Barack Obama’s condescending comments about the culure and values of people who live in “small towns” in Pennsylvania and the Midwest: The “bitter” spat is gold for Morris-Rove politics, which is why Clinton is exploiting it so baldly. It is exactly the kind of debate that has constructed American politics since Vietnam; it is exactly the kind of politics that
April 13, 2008
Some Gays Have All the Luck [Dan Collins]
“Same-sex couples are more honest about monogamy and sex, researchers say. They’re also more mature, considerate and fairer to each other than heterosexual couples. They’re funnier and more affectionate when they argue. Less controlling. They don’t take everything so personally,” she wrote. A bit taken out of a stimulating article on “gay marriage,” that states that state-sanctioned matrimony has little if any effect on the nature of stable gay and
Barack Obama's "small town" comments from 2004 [Karl]
TPM has posted a video excerpt of Barack Obama discussing the Thomas Frank thesis with Charlie Rose, from November 23, 2004 – with references to guns and religion — so this is not a new topic for the presidential hopeful. Regular Protein Wisdom visitors will chuckle over Obama’s observation at the beginning of the clip that the Democrats need to think about their “overarching narrative.” But the conclusion of the clip is where viewers
