Vanity Fair: James Wolcott: The Sorrow and the Pity Party

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This is a good article going after anyone who's ever said "if hillary's the nom, I won't vote". I know the diarist he went after over at Daily Kos, and James nailed him good. (Sorry, for some reason I couldn't copy/paste a snip of it) Please feel free to use it in GD-P for the next threat about "staying home in Nov". Enjoy :hi:




http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/blogs/wolcott/2008/03/look-i-understa.html

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1. Obama's supporters--"from hoping to moping"

Very good.

Do you know if this is in the hard cover copy of the magazine? I have a friend who is an Obama nut who subscribes. I would love her to see this. She fits the molds too well.

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2. Looks like it's just on his blog

Though Wolcott is one of the editors, nice to know they read blogs.

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3. NO ONE does it like Wolcott!

I particularly liked this, from the article:

If only returning to the womb were a viable escape option from Hillary's taloned deathgrip! Probably such posts are indicative of the low morale pervading Sullivan's side pocket of the universe, his readers mirroring and amplifying his own downcast, defeated mood in a dispersed pity party. Hillary Clinton's bounce-back on March 4th had Sullivan drowning his sorrows ("I just had a Jager shot, and hope to get drunk very soon"), and staggering like a ghost through the stricken ruins of his dashed hopes, lashing out at Hillary like Sebastian blaming everything on "mummy" in Brideshead Revisited. Or perhaps Sullivan is closer in the depth of his despair to Sebastian's lover Kurt, sadly, bitterly contemplating his wounded, pus-ridden foot. For Sullivan, Hillary is the psychic pus that torments him so (she's not just any old "monster,"she's a "fratricidal maniac"), Obama the healing, uplifting ointment.

That's the same Sully who was quoted approvingly by some of Obama's supporters. The same Sully, BTW, who enthusiastically agreed with The Bell Curve, an endorsement that would be funny under the circumstances if it weren't so racist.