Sunday, May 11, 2008

This is bizarre (from an NYT piece on the upcoming general election):
“In 1984, Ronald Reagan said, ‘I’m not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent’s youth and inexperience,’ ” said Frank Donatelli, the deputy chairman of the Republican National Committee. “Well, we are going to exploit Obama’s youth and inexperience.”
Well, at least the GOP is done trying to be like Reagan in every way. But isn't this kind of a terrible idea? Pointing out how young Obama is will just make people realize how old McCain is, and considering this pissy letter from McCain's campaign when Obama kinda sorta (not really) said something that might have pointed out that McCain's a really old man, one would figure they'd think a bit harder about this course of action. It seems like McCain's best bet would be to downplay the age stuff, but what do I know?
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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.