LIBERAL ELITIST WRITER VOTES FOR CLINTON
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
“Cultural critic” James Wolcott, on his Vanity Fair blog, outlines why he voted for Hillary:
“Perhaps it’s my atheism at work but I found myself increasingly wary of and resistant to the salvational fervor of the Obama campaign, the idealistic zeal divorced from any particular policy or cause and chariot-driven by pure euphoria. I can picture President Hillary in the White House dealing with a recalcitrant Republican faction; I can’t picture President Obama in the same role because his summons to history and call to hope seems to transcend legislative maneuvers and horse-trading; his charisma is on a more ethereal plane, and I don’t look to politics for transcendence and self-certification.”
Why do you hate Love so much, Mr. Wolcott? [James Wolcott via Andrew Sullivan]
“Cultural critic” James Wolcott, on his Vanity Fair blog, outlines why he voted for Hillary:
“Perhaps it’s my atheism at work but I found myself increasingly wary of and resistant to the salvational fervor of the Obama campaign, the idealistic zeal divorced from any particular policy or cause and chariot-driven by pure euphoria. I can picture President Hillary in the White House dealing with a recalcitrant Republican faction; I can’t picture President Obama in the same role because his summons to history and call to hope seems to transcend legislative maneuvers and horse-trading; his charisma is on a more ethereal plane, and I don’t look to politics for transcendence and self-certification.”
Why do you hate Love so much, Mr. Wolcott? [James Wolcott via Andrew Sullivan]