Another thoughtful and incisive article from one of my favorite writers; thanks for posting it! The information on the faux populists Frank, Ivins, and Erhrenreich was very illuminating.
As a side note, I thought I'd heard Tremoglie was writing a book, and I've been waiting (not so patiently, LOL!) to read it. Does anybody know what the status is, or can give a link to this poor link-challenged political addict? Thanks much!
Sweet.
These blue state elites are ignorant urban hicks, living in a carefuly insulated la la land, sans the common sense of a cat.
They haven't the first clue about how the world outside their Disney land existance really works, or what it takes to survive in it.
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Brilliant article. Thank you for posting it.
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Blue-staters are having a difficult time understanding us because it's beneath them to get to know us. On the contrary, us red-staters understand the blue-staters quite well. They love to talk about themselves and will do so willingly on TV, film, books, universities, etc., ad nauseum. That's why we're defeating them left and right--we know our enemy and they don't know theirs.
The blue-staters would do well engage in a little world travel themselves. Perhaps a trip to that mythical land known as "Flyover Country" would be good for their soul.
Since when was Kansas a liberal state except for a few years. I was born, raised and college educated there and I particularly remember a speech Eisenhower made when he was running for president. He stated in that speech that when he was growing up in Abilene, KS, talking about a democrat was like talking about the town drunk.
Sorry, but it's time for blue people to explain THEMselves. Their ideas don't work, yet they insist we use and implement them.
Wow, a two SAT word bifecta in one sentence…
an•o•dyne ( n -d n ) adj.
1. Capable of soothing or eliminating pain.
2. Relaxing: anodyne novels about country life.
Man•i•chae•ism (m n -k z m) also Man•i•chae•an•ism (-k -n z m) n.
1. The syncretic, dualistic religious philosophy taught by the Persian prophet Manes, combining elements of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Gnostic thought and opposed by the imperial Roman government, Neo-Platonist philosophers, and orthodox Christians.
2. A dualistic philosophy dividing the world between good and evil principles or regarding matter as intrinsically evil and mind as intrinsically good.
'Projection' is the term, I believe, for attributing your own faults to others.
In point of fact, the Democratic party is the party that offers 'bread and circuses' to keep the lumpenproletariat in line and voting for their elite masters.
Frank's book is a pathetic wail about how the foolish Kansans won't respond to their bread and circuses. Apparently the lumpenproletariat, rather than the elites, place a higher value on principles, character and morality than to greedy self-interest.