Your Comments

  • Send Us an E-mail
    Comments for our bloggers may be sent by clicking the link above. Comments can be posted to the blogs themselves by clicking the comments link following each blog.
Syndicate (Full Text) XML

Syndicate (Excerpt) XML



WWW Mere Comments


Summit Ministries






« The Love of the Word | Main | The Disenchantment of the World »

January 11, 2008

May the Best Person Win?

From the Wall Street Journal:

New Hampshire didn't clarify much, but it did turn this into a two-man Democratic race. John Edwards will stage a last hurrah in South Carolina, but he'd need a populist miracle to reverse the Hillary-Barack narrative. Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, and now Bill Richardson -- all gone. The story is now Mrs. Tear versus Mr. Cheer. It'll be a dirty street fight up until the big primary day of Feb. 5, and perhaps beyond.

A street fight in a "two-man" race? Are there no inclusive language police at WSJ? What was the author, Kimberley A. Strassel, thinking?

Posted by James M. Kushiner at 12:00 PM | Permalink

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/234392/25034928

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference May the Best Person Win?:

Comments

"A street fight in a "two-man" race? Are there no inclusive language police at WSJ? What was the author, Kimberley A. Strassel, thinking?"

I think that despite the "tears," Strassel got it right. Consciously or unconsiously.

Posted by: Bill R | Jan 11, 2008 12:18:41 PM

Now Mr. Kushiner, you need to understand that this is a metaphor. She might as well have said "two dog race" or "two car race".

Posted by: Wonders for Oyarsa | Jan 11, 2008 2:30:24 PM

Ms. Strassel clearly knows that Sen. Clinton does have a pair of her own. They're hanging on the wall in her office, and they used to be Bill's.

Posted by: Dcn. Michael D. Harmon | Jan 11, 2008 2:50:53 PM

Wow, that is crass and sexist.

Posted by: jason | Jan 11, 2008 3:08:14 PM

>>Wow, that is crass and sexist.<<

Crass? Yes. Sexist? How so?

Posted by: Ethan C. | Jan 11, 2008 4:55:32 PM

I think perhaps she meant two man as in only two men left--Obama and Edwards..hence the reference to Edwards' last hurrah in SC.

Posted by: Jody+ | Jan 13, 2008 9:06:47 PM

Crass? OK, I accept that. But I did spend four years in an all-male college and 27 years in the Army, so perhaps, even though my language has improved, my figures of speech can still sometimes be less than dainty...

But "sexist"? C'mon, that's a libel-word used by liberals to harass and intimidate anyone who believes in traditional (that is, Biblical) male-female roles. And I am not easily intimidated (see "27 years in the Army," above).

So when you call me that, pardner, smile.

Posted by: Dcn. Michael D. Harmon | Jan 14, 2008 10:17:39 AM

Most people named Jason were born at a time when they grew up being stuffed with feminist and leftist propaganda throughout their education. "Sexist" is a valid word in their vocabulary. It's not their fault. But now that we've told you, Jason, you have a responsibility to think about it.

Posted by: Judy Warner | Jan 14, 2008 10:27:43 AM

Post a comment