Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The difference between the right and the left

There is, to my knowledge, no precedent of a right-wing senator not signing onto a tax cut bill--and in so doing severely weakening the bill--because the tax cut in question is too small.

There are, though, liberals who will essentially do something basically equivalent on financial reform. Don't get me wrong, I usually like Russ Feingold, but his occasional Nader-ish tendencies drive me bonkers, as do all liberals who would rather give up meaningful progress in exchange for gratifying their own moral vanity at not having "compromised".
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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.