Congeries of cross connected concepts
As we watch the washing away in the rain of Representative John Murtha it seems to be yet another illustration of how the leadership of the Democratic Party lacks the concept that there are facts out in the world that can’t be spun away with proper marketing. The theory seems to be that it’s completely unnecessary to adopt any actual pro-military political positions as long as one has someone with military credentials as front man. It’s of a piece with the George Lakoff ‘framing’ embarrassment, another archetypical example of thinking it’s not about the product but only about the marketing. But I suppose there’s no other real option if your only true principle is “I gotta get mine”.
P.S. I neglected to make a note of this recent Geffen-Clinton flap which demonstrates yet again the lack of any consideration of facts on the ground by a major leader in the Democratic Party (see Kaus’ point 2).
| cjm Tuesday, 27 February 2007 at 09:03 |  |
why would the people of pennsylvania elect such a low life anti-american to congress ? it really perplexes me. the guy is an embarassment to the state and to the country as a whole. incoherrent and corrupt to the core. of course pennsylvania is a bit of a dead end place these days, so maybe it’s just a natural by product of decay.
| Annoying Old Guy Tuesday, 27 February 2007 at 09:17 | |
Habit, would be my guess.
| erp Wednesday, 28 February 2007 at 12:48 | |
cjm, I never thought of it that way, but you may be right that PA sort of slept through the second half of the 20th century and hasn’t woken up yet.
