4 thoughts on “In Which Henry Waxman”

1. Just reported Waxman to Attackwatch.

2. Next, a leading Democrat will attack black and union voters.

3. Next, a leading Democrat will attack black and union voters.

   How about a black member of the Screen Actors Guild?

4. I found this bit interesting:

   What I find interesting about it is that it illustrates how the Democrats simply don’t have the vocabulary to explain this sort of thing yet. They don’t know how to talk about events that shatter their cherished self-images or narratives. We see this all the time when liberals (particularly black liberals and feminists respectively) try to explain black or female Republicans. We’re seeing a very small example of this when it comes to Jews behaving in ways that confound liberal stereotypes. But I suspect there will be more.

   I think this is a deep problem with politics in the US which has been remarked on here before. Current political language and thought has frequently painted itself into a corner. As I see it, we have people who still think in 19th century terms trying to explain the fluid actions of a 21st century democracy. It doesn’t work.

   Moving on, I found Waxman’s comments remarkably ignorant and devoid of reason. For example, he states some Jewish voters are voting against Weiner to “protect their wealth”. In the real world, that’s a condemnation of Weiner not of those particular voters.

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