Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Classic Lileks
LILEKS (James) the Bleat
Of course it scares her. Everything outside the tight, airless bubble in which she lives scares her, from those yellin’ knocked-up hillbilly wimen to the menfolk who love ‘em, from the crazy furrin-doubting Murcans who bring up their heads from the trough only to bark for ‘nuther servin; of Freedom Fries, from the ghastly sight of people with different opinions on TV to the general roar of approval for someone who doesn’t perfect the art of licking the boots of the anointed leaders while pulling her wallet of our her purse and handing over whatever the state demands. Of course she’s scared. People like her are always scared. It’s a lonely world when you’re just so damned right and everyone else is so stupid.Note to James - the "Cake or Death" is an Eddie Izard reference. Damn funny, too. But here's the most incredible sentence of the whole condescending muck Lileks mocks:
The conventioneers are nothing like the rich men who run the party, and that's the mystery of the hick vote. They'd be much better served by the Democrats. I know Thomas Frank answered this in What's the Matter with Kansas?; I know that red states vote Republican on social issues to give themselves the only self-esteem available to their broken, economically abused existence."Pity is a thing often vowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt."
2 Comments:
By 
, at
Wed Sep 10, 12:13:00 PM:
Here's the Izzard routine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNjcuZ-LiSY
By 
Nomennovum, at
Wed Sep 10, 12:43:00 PM:
I always find it amusing when a Canadian accuses Americans of being hicks.
