Obama’s “Mistake”
Jeff VanderMeer • April 14th, 2008 @ 10:13 pm • Uncategorized
Yep, what he said.
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April 14, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Ditto. Things like this make me glad that I voted for him back in February.
April 15, 2008 at 1:05 am
I liked Jon Stewart’s response: “I know ‘elite’ is a bad word in politics, and you want to go bowling and throw back a few beers. But the job you’re applying for? If you get it, and it goes well, they might carve your head into a mountain. If you don’t actually think you’re better than us, then what the fuck are you doing?”
April 15, 2008 at 1:37 am
More nonsense. Is what bothers me is that Clinton is following this narrative, leaving McCain free to promote himself. It would be nice if Obama could just get the nomination so we could move ahead with demolishing the Mac.
April 15, 2008 at 7:07 am
Guns, God and guts. That’s what makes our country great.
April 15, 2008 at 7:07 am
jk
April 15, 2008 at 7:11 am
Ha!
April 15, 2008 at 7:52 am
Guts, huh? Ever tried chitlins, Andrew? ;)
April 15, 2008 at 9:22 am
Funny how the “elite is always bad” argument only ever applies to brains or culture. When did you ever hear someone make that complaint about their favourite sport?
“Yeah, my team is lazy, overweight and couldn’t win a game if the other team were dead. But at least they’re not part of some talented, well-trained, super-fit elite!”
April 15, 2008 at 10:53 am
Yeah, John, I agree. You see it in book culture, too. There’s a kind of strain of anti-intellectualism that’ll shout down certain types of ideas about books as elitist, even if it’s just someone saying, “hey, I like entertainment, but there’s more to life than that.”
JV
April 15, 2008 at 11:27 am
Personally I think being smart will become cool again.
April 15, 2008 at 6:38 pm
God, I hope so!
April 15, 2008 at 7:43 pm
God knows I’ve been called “pretentious” many times before for just not liking as much one book or author as much as some gang of readers. That mob mentality, with its LCD values, seems to be quite prevalent on many forums. What I’d give to hear that another reader, much less a political leader, to say without shame or hesitation that he/she has an opinion on someone like Derrida that isn’t full of absolute truth claims. But I’m not going to hold my breath on that!