Saturday, November 08, 2003

Another thought about Dean's remarks about wanting to represent southern white guys:  he certainly could have presented the issue with greater finesse, but I think he's visionary to have raised the issue at all.  I can't remember any Democrat at any level of government who has openly addressed the reality of the Republicans' strategy of appealing to the prejudices of blue collar white voters over their economic interests.  I'm thinking Dean's ability to speak the truth plainly is one of his greatest strengths.
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Maureen Dowd has a nice way with the language here:

Mr. Rumsfeld thought the war could showcase his transformation of the military to be leaner and more agile. Paul Wolfowitz thought the war could showcase his transformation of Iraq into a democracy. Dick Cheney thought the war could showcase his transformation of America into a dominatrix superpower. Karl Rove thought the war could showcase his transformation of W. into conquering hero. And Mr. Bush thought the war could showcase his transformation from family black sheep into historic white hat.

 


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