August 02, 2004
September 10 Americans
"Verbose, shapeless, platitudinous, complacent, ill-disciplined, arrogant, and humourless." So nice not to have to reach for words to describe Senator Kerry's speech when Mark Steyn can do it for me. He makes an important distinction.
If I were a principled anti-war Democrat, I'd be furious. But they're not. Because the real distinction is not between pro- and anti-war, but between September 11 Americans and September 10 Americans. The latter group is a coalition embracing not just the hardcore Bush haters - for whom, as the opening of Fahrenheit 9/11 makes plain, it all goes back to chads in Florida - but the larger group of voters who've been a little stressed out by the epic nature of politics these last three years and would like a quieter life. That's what John Kerry's offering them: a return to September 10.
But what do I know. I live in a September 10 country.
Posted by the Flea at August 2, 2004 08:23 AM | TrackBackComments
I think it's more like 1934 or '35.
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