The Countertop Chronicles

Smack dab in today’s NY Times

To the Editor:

My message to William Kristol: Actually, a “Wasilla Wal-Mart Mom a heartbeat away” from the presidency is horrifying to me.

Leading the most powerful nation in the world is not supposed to be a game of chance. Our leader should be the most highly educated, principled, cultured, traveled and respected figure we can find.

My message to voters: For all our sakes, remember that the world is bigger than you!

Tracy Taub
Princeton, N.J., Sept. 8, 2008

This will certainly help win over blue collar union voters.

And on that point, David Brooks is right on point

If I were advising the candidates, I’d tell them to double down on weirdness. Obama needs to occasionally criticize his own side. If he can’t take on his own party hacks, he’ll never reclaim the mantle of systemic change. Specifically, he needs to attack the snobs who are savaging Sarah Palin’s faith and family. Many liberals claim to love working-class families, but the moment they glimpse a hunter with an uneven college record, they hop on chairs and call for disinfectant. Obama needs to attack Bill Maher for calling her a stewardess and the rest of the coastal condescenders.