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November 17, 2008
If there is hope, it lies in the proles
Dennis Miller on Sarah Palin's non-neurotic sex life. Surely a cue for Christopher Hitchens to re-read 1984 and re-learn the insights of his idol, George Orwell. Much as I admire Hitchens, it is telling that he should have recoiled in horror at the Governor of Alaska.
Though to be fair, in this he was not alone. Leftist intellectuals fear the working class of the West - with their Walmarts and their love of television and their heart in a heartless world - far more than than they can bring themselves to fear the jihadis.
Update: One spelling correction down the memory hole! (Thanks to Capt H)
Posted by Ghost of a flea at November 17, 2008 07:02 AM
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Andrew Potter actually had a good article in Macleans during the election, pointing out that a) we now take our cues about people's class and status from their hobbies and b) Sarah Palin's hobbies -- snowmobiling, hunting -- are far more expensive than, say, the average latte liberal's (buying books, going to Starbucks).
For many then, Palin was an aspirational candidate for prole voters.
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at November 17, 2008 09:00 AM
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