Topic: Election Notes
This is funny. Michael Kinsley runs down what folks think about where you live.
You folks in Georgia? "...the South--out of the American mainstream. It's full of poor people. Everyone's married to his cousin. They eat horrible, fatty lower-class foods. My dear, it's Hicksville, plain and simple. Read your Faulkner--these people are sicko."
You folks in Vermont? "But now Vermont is in last place. Why? It's in New England--out of the American mainstream. There aren't enough poor people there. Everyone's married to her girlfriend--or will be soon. They eat horrible, fatty upper-class cheese. And, of course, that hoity-toity ice cream. Man, it's Snotsville. Read your Cheever or your John O'Hara--the guy really comes from Park Avenue after all. These people are wacko."
You folks in the Boston area? "In 1988, Republicans painted Massachusetts as a foreign country and Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis as an elitist, compared with that po' boy from Texas, the elder George Bush. Massachusetts, to its credit, is a bit south of Vermont. On the other hand, it is full of universities. Need we say more?"
New York (the city)? "...not the real America. Urban. Ethnic. Noisy, crowded, dirty."
Ah yes, geographical chauvinism. And I live in Hollywood. [ insert clich?s here. ]
And indeed, whoever thought "bucolic" would be a fighting word?
There is a good deal too here on more serious matters, like what experience you really do need to do the job if you manage to get elected President.
Good stuff.
Attack Geography - Hey, buddy, who do you think you're calling "bucolic"?
Michael Kinsley Posted Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003, at 10:58 AM PT SLATE.COM
Posted by Alan at 11:59 PST
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