In Praise of Liberal Guilt
23rd May 2008
Slate magazine is cementing its position as home of the left-wing intellectual whore.
Why delegitimize sincere excitement that his nomination and potential election would represent a historic civil rights landmark: making an abstract right a reality at last.
Well, to start off with, this isn’t an election for Homecoming Queen, it’s supposed to be choosing the leader of the nation and the free world. There are people who think that merely being black isn’t a sufficient qualification for that. Pardon me if this comes as a shock.