The Spectacle Blog
An e-mailer reminds Rich Lowry that Jim Webb has made similar comments about social issues being a distraction from voters’ economic anxieties. (Bill Clinton has made them too.) I’d recommended Webb as a vice presidential candidate who could reach out to Middle America. Of course, this is a very common view among Democrats today, so it is unsurprising that Webb and Clinton would share it in some form. What would be surprising is to hear Webb speak as condescendingly toward the white working class as Barack Obama.
UPDATE: Ross Douthat has a discussion of Webb and the polarized two parties, in the context of my recent piece arguing that Webb is to paleocons what Daniel Patrick Moynihan was to neocons.
View all comments (2) | Leave a comment
Related Blog Posts
More Blog Posts by W. James Antle, III
http://spectator.org/blog/2008/04/14/maybe-webb-wont-help
Follow us:
ADVERTISEMENT
Current Issue
- Hannah and Her Friends
- Eugenic Abortion 2.0
- Inside the Gates of Eden
SPONSORED LINKS
FLASHBACK TO: 1995
-
Pope Culture
A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
-
Why the GOP Does Not, Like, Totally Suck
Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
-
Dames at Sea
-
In the Absence of Guns
In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
-
The Metaphysical Martini
-
Counting the Costs of Clintonism
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
-
Chuck McHagel
It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
-
The Legacy of Old John and Mother Fresh-Roasted
-
It’s the Best Time of the Year
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
-
The Bush Crack-Up
Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?
Clip of the Day
ADVERTISEMENT
