Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Re: Ruth Marcus, Shut Up

I didn't have time to post a response to Ruth Marcus's op-ed in the WP yesterday that romanticized the notion of Caroline Kennedy taking over Hillary Clinton's seat, but I found the underlying nepotism and celebrity-worship to be emetic. 

Ross (@ Atlantic) knocked this one out of the park. On a side-note, I wish I could write as well as this:
"...after twenty years with the same two families in the White House - which nearly became twenty-four (or twenty-eight) - for a political columnist to endorse a pointless escalation of dynastic politics because it fulfills the fairy-tale mythos her generation spun around a mediocre, tragically-murdered President and his good-looking family isn't "girly"; it's an embarrassment."
Now that is one helluva sentence

2 comments:

Suite 436 said...

Just wanted to be maybe the firs to comment. I don't have anything to say about this particular post, but I like your blog list. Looks a lot like ours haha. My friends and I started a blog recently too....

Suite 436 said...

Actually I do have something to say about the post. First, I think Douthat is the left's best opponent - at least in the blogsphere. He's tough.

But I agree with that reaction to Kennedy. WTF. And can we just elect our lawmakers?