Edwards "Beloved" By Lefties-Because He Was ONLY Candidate ALLOWED To Sound Angry

[kpete]

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
The voice of anger

I probably should not post yet another horserace piece today, but Rachel Maddow, on Air America, just said something so compelling that it deserves to be recorded in cyber-ink. Why was John Edwards so beloved of hard lefties? Because he was the only Democrat in the race allowed to sound angry, and his populist outrage reflected the fury felt by all opponents of BushCo.

What do I mean by "allowed"?

Maddow claims that, when we confront an expression of anger, our unconscious mind reacts to it in terms derived from racial and sexual stereotypes. An angry white man is tough. An angry white woman is a shrew. An angry black man is scary. An angry black woman is crazy.

Intellectually, we know better than to accept these ludicrous stereotypes. But the forces at work here do not operate on an intellectual level. In American political life, the Id makes the rules, and those rules are not fair.

Neither Clinton nor Obama will ever give voice to your anger. They can't. For that reason, they will always feel like sell-outs, regardless of their actual voting records and stated positions on the issues.

http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2008/01/voice-of-anger.html

[annabanana]

1. Good point. We are angry with good reason, after all. . . . . n/t

[LBJDemocrat]

2. What the fuck is a "leftie"?

Take your derogatory words elsewhere.

And if anything, Edwards was condemned for being a white male. There was nothing novel in his background to excite the media.

[annabanana]

"Leftie" is a derogatory word? Since when? Where?

Not here.

[aquart]

5. When Rush uses it.

[pnwmom]

9. Yeah, right. But he uses the word "liberal" in the same way, and that

doesn't mean that it is derogatory when a progressive person uses it.

[pnwmom]

8. Nothing derogatory about leftie in my book. n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. He sure wasn't loved by the "progressives". He was a moderate

according to them & that's worse than anything else.

[aquart]

4. Damn good point.

And yet it did Edwards no good.

[Captain Hilts]

6. Very true. But an angry woman is also a 'bitch' or a 'harradon'. nt

[pnwmom]

7. Very interesting thoughts. Thank you. n/t

[LostinVA]

10. I agree with this -- black men and women aren't allowed go sound angry