Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations

Some people in the media evidently have a very low opinion of politicians such that reading a Teleprompter is portrayed as being very difficult and anyone who can do it with a modicum of competence (see Palin, Sarah) is a huge political talent. Just as there's a group of people who have such a low opinion of McCain that they think it will be a fantastic struggle for him to keep from losing his temper in the debates... when McCain and his staff know perfectly aware that this is precisely what everybody in the media is watching for and will be on guard against it. T.A. Frank points out that setting the bar this low for McCain is ludicrous. Hey, I wonder if Obama can somehow manage to keep from referring derisively to "whitey" in the debates? (At the end of this piece Brent Staples seems to wonder just that...)
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