E.J. Dionne's "Harvard boutique" Liberal Gnosticism

The Washington Post ^ | 02/03/04 | E.J. Dionne

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The Truth About Massachusetts
washingtonpost.com

By E. J. Dionne Jr.

Tuesday, February 3, 2004; Page A19

"Padodying Massachsuetts is a way to keep old resentments alive without getting intio any of the incovenient details..."

Full text of article & liberal rant: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7220-2004Feb2.html

[petercooper]

is he gay?

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

If anyone has a Yosemite Sam cartoon image, now would be the time to post it.

[Rodney King]

Great Post!

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Not sure how that whole social engineering of marriage in New England will play in middle America or the South. Kerry may have to bend over backwards to prove he is a "family values" kind of guy...

[GOPcapitalist]

From Dionne: "And here's the clincher: If we Massachusetts people are so weirdly liberal, then why are we the only state with a major league sports team called the New England Patriots?"

Funny. Dionne makes absolutely no mention of the fact that there is an active campaign underway at UMass to drop the minutemen in favor of a "less offensive" and more gender-neutral name that doesn't refer to people with guns and doesn't demonstrate bias in favor of America.

http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=2615&catcode=24

If that isn't "wierdly liberal" then Ted Kennedy isn't an alcoholic.