Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State

Someone from National Review – Could it have been the late departed and much missed Bill Buckley ? – once said that discussions in college were so intense because they were “about nothing.” The recent flapdoodle concerning Barrack Obama’s remarks on anger in small town Pennsylvania is much ado about nothing. Here is the lead on the story from Reuters: “TERRE HAUTE, Indiana (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama came under fire on Friday for saying small-town Pennsylvania residents were ‘bitter’ and ‘cling to guns or religion,’ in comments his rivals said showed an elitist view of the middle class.” It did not help that Obama made his remarks about Pennsylvania at a toney fund raiser in, of all places, San Francisco . But at least the remarks were not the canned soup one has come to expect of politicians trolling for votes. Following Obama’s remarks, Hillary Clinton let loose a barrage of limp overcooked rhetorical spaghetti: She thought the remarks were condescen...