Friday, August 8, 2008

Edwards

Between the love child buzz and his closing of his major poverty center, I'm beginning to feel vindicated about my longstanding (but occasionally waning) suspicion of John Edwards. I'm not a big believer in first impressions but my impression of Edwards during this campaign was that he was a phony lightweight who adopted progressive credentials only because he wanted to win. It was "I feel your pain," part two.

This just adds to the irony of the constant comparisons of Edwards to Bill Clinton, if it's true. Then again, there is a difference: at least Bill Clinton's going to be speaking to the convention this year...

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.