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| Clueless Democrats Trot Out Hollywood |
| 2004-07-29 |
| Subtitle of article is:"The party doesn't get it: Most voters hate what those people stand for." LA Times-If user name and pw are needed: sparklebottom for both Written by a die-hard Democrat voter who sees that the Democrats have less in common with mainstream America than "the square root of minus one"[to borrow a phrase from EE Cummings] ...In the few days I have been here, I have attended lavish soirees thrown by regional telecom giants, consumed the free lunch proffered by other regional telecom giants and gotten word of '60s heroes feted by weapons manufacturers. But the picture came together for me only at an afternoon get-together sponsored by a film industry lobby called the Creative Coalition.My first hint that there was something different and decidedly nondemocratic about this party was when, immediately upon arrival, I was ushered into a corner where none of this sumptuosity was available and told to stay there and not to mingle with everyone else because I was with the press and was hence a suspicious and second-class character. (As it turned out, the solution to this insulting situation was simple: I removed my press credentials.)Once I was back among the partygoers, the reason for my sequestering became clear: There were celebrities here. Indeed, the entire party was a transplanted bit of Southern California, complete with the social hierarchy that, it seems, must be imposed whenever celebrities appear anywhere...Before long, I learned to identify the celebrities because they were the ones who were always illuminated by portable spotlights and were constantly talking into cameras... The Democrats are today a party that has trouble rallying its historical working-class constituency, losing more and more of its base every four years to some novel culture-war issue invented by the wily Republicans: blasphemous art, Ten Commandments monuments in courthouses, the dire threat of gay marriage. Behind their success stands a stereotype, a vision of liberals as an elite, a collection of snobs alternately permissive and moralistic, an upper class that believes it is more sophisticated and tasteful than average people. |
| Posted by:rex |
| #3 The other night we had Bono crooning at the Ted Kennedy "35 Years Of No Vehicular Homicides" tribute. I wonder if Ted knew who he was? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-07-29 4:27:23 PM |
#2 their repulsiveness and shallowness and insufferable moral superiorityThat sums them up very nicely! |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-07-29 4:25:28 PM |
| #1 T. Frank is a hardcore lefty who doesn't like the connotation of limousine liberals. But the ones who ride limousines find it so fun I doubt they'll pay him any heed. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-07-29 3:46:40 PM |