Wednesday, February 27, 2008

In defense of Hillary Clinton

I tend to agree with Andrew Sullivan on most things Obama (though not necessarily on most things Clinton) but this seems kind of flimsy to me. I tend to be less than sympathetic to stories on how someone "refuses to condemn" someone or something else, perhaps because they have been deployed so often against liberals in recent memory ("Democrats refuse to condemn MoveOn.org ad", and so on). And isn't "I don't agree with this person, and I don't think skin color should be an issue" kind of a condemnation anyway?

My view of Hillary Clinton has gotten rather jaundiced in the past few weeks, but what's fair is fair. Perhaps Clinton could have denounced this racist old woman with a bit more fervor, I'll grant that. But, as an Obama supporter, I am satisfied with her response at this point. I'm sure she'll have used up this small amount of goodwill by tomorrow, when she decides to release a photo of Obama in African clothing to Matt Drudge or something of that nature.
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The Man, The Myth, The Bio

East Bay, California, United States
Problem: I have lots of opinions on politics and culture that I need to vent. If I do not do this I will wind up muttering to myself, and that's only like one or two steps away from being a hobo. Solution: I write two blogs. A political blog that has some evident sympathies (pro-Obama, mostly liberal though I dissent on some issues, like guns and trade) and a culture blog that does, well, cultural essays in a more long-form manner. My particular thing is taking overrated things (movies, mostly, but other things too) down a peg and putting underrated things up a peg. I'm sort of the court of last resort, and I tend to focus on more obscure cultural phenomena.