“As skewed as they are vapid”

Glenn Greenwald on the media’s determination to portray Democrats as elitist:
One other point to note about all of this is that these fixations are as skewed as they are vapid. Barack Obama is an exotic elitist freak because he went to Harvard Law School and made $1 million from his book. Hillary Clinton can’t possibly [...]


“Mind-numbing drivel”

Catherine Crier on the MSM. More to my point.


“A use of language as a disguised insult”

This is perhaps the best description of the Clinton pathology that I’ve seen - an almost reflexive reaction to lie, without having the personal courage to take responsibility for the lie. All of which must make Republicans very happy - they’re already portraying this as more warfare between the campaigns, and laughing all the way [...]


Obama’s ‘Test’

The only reason today is a test for Obama is because white America still believes in fairy tales - the fairy tale of its own tolerance. (We are the same here in Canada - just without the Kabuki theatricality; the ritual sacrifice of anyone who dares to speak out about this evil).
Call yourself a [...]


Nashua Numbers

Weird. Christina Bellantoni of the Washington Times says Clinton had more attend her Nashua event than Obama’s (though she says a bunch were shipped in from out of the state) but Dickerson says Obama had more.
Bellantoni:
Reporters who walked into this Nashua high school today were immediately struck by the crowd — there are visibly [...]


“You’d have to have a heart of stone”

David Brooks is right. By any measure, Obama’s victory in the Iowa caucuses is a profound and moving accomplishment. But it’s not just this result that matters. Obama’s insistence on staying positive has changed this campaign. No doubt many factors have contributed to this campaign being less negative (not, admittedly, never [...]