https://freerepublic.com/tag/joyousvulgarity/ en-us Sun, 17 Apr 2005 04:44:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1385303/posts If the Democratic chieftains in Washington really want a window into why heartland residents are tuning out our party, they should stop huddling with loopy linguists from Berkeley like George Lakoff and just start reading Frank Rich's commentaries in the New York Times. There they will find a perfect distillation of the arrogance and narrow-mindedness that typifies the cultural thinking of our elites--and turns off red-state voters. In the view of Mr. Rich and his acolytes, freedom in our culture has been "under attack" ever since 9/11. Indeed, Mr. Rich has argued that this attack is being led by "new... WSJ OPINION JOURNAL EXTRA https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1385303/posts#comment Sun, 17 Apr 2005 04:44:20 GMT