Over at The Corner, there's some discussion of this pretentious
passage in a -- believe it or not -- Andrew Greeley column: "How many of the male readers of this
column who are habitues of bars, locker rooms, commuter train bull
sessions, pool rooms and men's clubs have not heard the indigenous
racial slurs of such environments applied to Obama?"
I don't spend much time in locker rooms or "commuter train bull
sessions," but I have on occasion been seen in bars. I confess that
yes, I have heard racial slurs used against Obama in a few such
venues. I'm not sure, however, that this confirms much besides
my rule that politics shouldn't be discussed in
bars.
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Environment
