Monday, February 9, 2009

This is just embarrassing. The manner in which Michael Steele became RNC Chair was inevitably going to bring up accusations of tokenism, and if he wants to avoid that he really needs to step up his game. I really do think that a reality-based Republican Party that is willing to participate in the process is a valuable thing to have, as informed and reasonable opposition can only make the resulting policy better.

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.