Also from David Brooks:
If you want to understand why Democrats keep losing elections, just listen to some coastal and university town liberals talk about how conformist and intolerant people in Red America are. It makes you wonder: why is it that people who are completely closed-minded talk endlessly about how open-minded they are?
Indeed.
For example: here, here , here (in spades, and with pictures), here, and here, to cite a few.
And you have to love this exchange from Hannity and Colmes last night that was brought to my attention, and led me to Lexis/Nexis:
FERRARO: You know what? Just let me make one point. You were talking about the map before. If indeed all those blue states all got together and seceded from the union, think what would be left for those red states, nothing.HANNITY: It would be wonderful.
FERRARO: There would be no educational system.
HANNITY: You’ve got to go to my web site, Hannity.com. It’s even worse for you guys when you get to county by county.
FERRARO: You would have nothing. What would be left to you? I mean, where is all of this talent in this country? It’s on both sides, the Northeast corridor.
Now, secession, division, whatever is clearly a silly notion, to put it midly. But can one find a more elitist assessment than that? Is she not saying that all the talented and educated people are on the coasts? Speaking as one who earned his BA on the West Coast, his Ph.D. in Texas, and teaches in deep Red Alabama, I can assure Ms. Ferraro that there are talented, edcuated persons who don’t live on either coast.
Further, many are succumbing to sheer laziness on this Red/Blue business: the Red states didn’t vote unanimously for Bush and the Blue states didn’t go 100% for Kerry.
They didn’t? Oh.
Comment by John Lemon — Saturday, November 6, 2024 @ 11:17 am
ITB Dingers
It’s been a long time since I’ve put a list together of great and interesting reads. Since the election is over, many bloggers have written some great pieces worth mentioning. Around the bloghosphere we go.
Trackback by InTheBullpen.com — Saturday, November 6, 2024 @ 2:10 pm
You’d think Ferraro had never heard of Austin’s music or film scene, or Florida - doesn’t Jimmy Buffet live there?
Seriously, this is amazing crap.
Comment by bryan — Saturday, November 6, 2024 @ 7:39 pm
You’d think Ferraro had never heard of Austin’s music or film scene, or Florida - doesn’t Jimmy Buffet live there?
Seriously, this is amazing crap.
Comment by bryan — Saturday, November 6, 2024 @ 7:47 pm
Buffet’s actually from *gasp* Mobile, Alabama.
Comment by Steven Taylor — Saturday, November 6, 2024 @ 8:28 pm
Tolerance and lack thereof
Just when you thought that the grapes couldn’t possibly get any more sour, Poliblog has some amazing examples of liberal tolerance. Go read it and come back. The conversation between Geraldine Ferraro and Sean Hannity is an eye-rolling experience. I’m
Trackback by Bryan's Basement — Saturday, November 6, 2024 @ 10:35 pm