The Annoying Faux-Populism of (Some) Clinton Supporters
I know that since Obama has wrapped up the nomination, there’s really no reason to pursue recriminations, but the GOP-like cultural attacks that many Clinton supporters made just can’t be forgotten. That’s because anytime someone criticizes “latte sippers” “the creative class” ” the wine-track” or uses any other slur for the professional, educated, urban base of the Democratic party, they are playing the Ace of Spades in Richard Nixon’s pack of resentment. These attacks can never be productive, because Republicans will just about always win the cultural resentment game. And it just makes it easier for them if they can claim to be merely echoing disaffected Democrats like Lanny Davis, Evan Bayh and her allies in the blogosphere did it for them.
My friend John Cain has an excellent wrap-up of pro-Clinton bloggers use of this inane and counterproductive rhetoric.
