Rick Brookhiser is a very smart and very nice guy. But he can be more than a little obtuse.
Over at the Corner, he makes this observation about Senator McCain's choice of Governor Palin:
There is a world of difference between the enthusiasm about the reality quite evident in the history of her actions, on the one hand, and Obama's claim that he deserves coronation because of his demographic attributes.
And that difference is one of the reasons that Senator McCain's choice was so right. He is way ahead of the conservative pundits on this one, too.
And if Senator John McCain thinks that Governor Palin is ready for the Vice Presidency, then I for one defer to his judgment.
Over at the Corner, he makes this observation about Senator McCain's choice of Governor Palin:
We have shown the same color-by-numbers mindset that liberals did when they rallied to Obama. Liberals love Obama because he is a Numinous Negro. Conservatives love Palin because she has a Downs baby and an M-16. For both sides, that is all on earth ye know and all ye need to know. You might call it mystical and childish.What Brookhiser just doesn't get is that loving her baby and handling an M-16 are things that Governor Palin does, not demographic characteristics that she happens to have.
There is a world of difference between the enthusiasm about the reality quite evident in the history of her actions, on the one hand, and Obama's claim that he deserves coronation because of his demographic attributes.
And that difference is one of the reasons that Senator McCain's choice was so right. He is way ahead of the conservative pundits on this one, too.
And if Senator John McCain thinks that Governor Palin is ready for the Vice Presidency, then I for one defer to his judgment.
he and frum are obtuse.
ReplyDeletethey are why the corner is interesting - more so than most other conservative sites: there's true diversity on the right.
i often disagree with them and derb.
and robinson.
STEYN RULES.
lowry ... ok.
levin ROCKS.
kj is cool.
jonah... well... his book LF is monumental. but sometimes he doesn't think things all the way thru on the corner. it's commendable in some respects - he thinks out loud there.
but it sometimes means he posts wacky things.