(Up Here) American Power Shift 3 of 4
And finally, I have read the last gasping piece of Republican-drubbing at the very back of that same September issue of Esquire. It’s about sitting in on the Young Republicans’ gathering in DC. It is a short piece, more photos than words (if you use the lyrical word-count method) and it delineates a desperate Republican confusion.
Or it should delineate something like that but these sprightly kids haven’t got the self-knowledge of an old man like myself. They just don’t realize how screwed they are. I have run the photos and captions through a statistical analysis the better to delineate a deperate Republican confusion. In the sample size of 27 there were…
Females 14 Male 13
White 13 White 11
Print fabric tops 3 Neckties 8
Down on McCain 0 Down on McCain 2
Down with McCain 1 Down with McCain 3
Down on Bush 1 Down on Bush 2
Down with Bush 0 Down with Bush 3
Down on Obama 1 Down on Obama 1
Down with Obama 1 Down with Obama 0
Quoted: We don’t hate trees. 1 Quoted: I like to breathe. 1
Quoted: I’m not worried. 1 Quoted: (Democrats) talk a lot. 1
The only thing that lines up in an orderly way is the gender split. And these pups are supposed to be ’the next generation of candidates, wonks and operatives.’
What is very, very encouraging is that 39 years of age is still young as far as the Young Republicans are concerned. That means there are tens of millions of others who might not slide away to the next barstool the instant I open my mouth.
Later
–B–
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