As much as I love the guy and admire his insight, at the end of the day he is a life long Ivy League academic married to a Bernie Bros and surrounded by committed progressives like John McWhorter. I take all of his caveats about partisanship and Trump voters is the price he pays for tranquility in his life, domestic and otherwise.
To some extent I think this tendency is an extension of his flirtation with the Jesse Jackson types back in the '90s. You could say it's walking a thin line and he struggles with figuring out which side he wants to be on. At age 73, maybe it's time for him to figure it out and get off the pot.
I had no confusion with the remark. Something like smilingly telling a friend a sports score. "I'm sorry to say, your team lost to mine 42-0."
For what it's worth, I don't think it's especially useful to put Glenn and John to a litmus test over broad ideology every time they express an opinion. In my case, my own views are too disparate for that. I created two lists a while back of my "conservative" and "liberal" views on various topics. I had quite a nice mix. No team would want me. And I don't want a team.
Neither. I was saying, "I know many of you don't want to hear it, but as a matter of fact nearly half the country voted for him..."
As a matter of fact... you are correct.... but that misses my point as I am sure you know... evasion does not become you...
As much as I love the guy and admire his insight, at the end of the day he is a life long Ivy League academic married to a Bernie Bros and surrounded by committed progressives like John McWhorter. I take all of his caveats about partisanship and Trump voters is the price he pays for tranquility in his life, domestic and otherwise.
To some extent I think this tendency is an extension of his flirtation with the Jesse Jackson types back in the '90s. You could say it's walking a thin line and he struggles with figuring out which side he wants to be on. At age 73, maybe it's time for him to figure it out and get off the pot.
I had no confusion with the remark. Something like smilingly telling a friend a sports score. "I'm sorry to say, your team lost to mine 42-0."
For what it's worth, I don't think it's especially useful to put Glenn and John to a litmus test over broad ideology every time they express an opinion. In my case, my own views are too disparate for that. I created two lists a while back of my "conservative" and "liberal" views on various topics. I had quite a nice mix. No team would want me. And I don't want a team.
I think we are talking past each other on this.