tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post8134093856722534439..comments2024-02-17T07:59:18.705-08:00Comments on Grad Student Madness: BittergateRufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-86182751183471260182008-04-16T08:13:00.000-07:002008-04-16T08:13:00.000-07:00Absolutely! I think the strategy of electing an id...Absolutely! I think the strategy of electing an idiot because you could theoretically hang out with him and he wouldn't look down on you hasn't really worked at all these last 8 years.Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-76509875298553615712008-04-16T08:05:00.000-07:002008-04-16T08:05:00.000-07:00There was one NYT column (yesterday? today?) which...There was one NYT column (yesterday? today?) which suggested that Obama's only "mistake" was emphasizing "bitter" instead of "cling." Because "cling" is what uninspired working classes do when under stress. I could be cruder than Obama - peasant religion and peasant icons which control the underclass and prevent them from acting in their own best interests.<BR/><BR/>The responses from Hillary and McCain are ridiculous for differing reasons. Clintonism is, of course, the reductionist politics of the "uninspired possible." McCain represents a party entirely based on the theory that government can do nothing for anyone, but only picks people's pockets.<BR/><BR/>As for elitism - it may be the European in me, but I want elite leaders.irasocolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.com