The Stranger gags its way through a plate of cold crow . . . but perhaps it’s not that simple. At the time, it felt right(eous) and I never would have guessed things would look as hopeful as they do now.
The Stranger | Seattle | Slog: The Stranger’s Blog | Urban Archipelago… How Quaint.:
[T]he Urban Archipelago piece was a response—a quick-turn, reflexive, emotional response—to how shitty and rejected we, as urban voters, felt after the election. If we feel positive and positively welcome now, I’m glad that UA is looking quaint. But that doesn’t change the fact that urban values are real.
A confluence of factors — the undeniable stench of corruption, Howard Dean’s 50 state strategy (oh, how they laughed at his folly), and the administration’s refusal to face reality — has gotten us to this pass: some might call it luck, but you can make your own luck.
And reading through the arguments made by the UA, they may be shrill, even nasty, but there is a kernel of truth to the love of science and history versus unreasoning faith, to be willing to tolerate flag-burning instead of burning the Constitution dichotomy.
I’m glad Dr Dean is running the Democratic Party under a policy of “concede nothing, run to win everywhere.” In the words of Dave “Mudcat” Saunders:
They can’t […] count. That’s the Democrats’ problem. You don’t get in the football game and punt on first down. You concede nothing. We conceded 20 states at first and then six more by Labor Day. That’s 227 electoral votes. Bush only needed 18 percent of the remaining electoral votes to win.
Concede nothing: compete everywhere.