Another fine piece from Camille Paglia, while I fail to see her continued support of Obama she is actually one Democrat that I have found on the interwebs that makes any reasonable rational (and critical) attempt at analysis of Obama.
Some tidbits from her Op-Ed:
But who would have thought that the sober, deliberative Barack Obama would have nothing to propose but vague and slippery promises -- or that he would so easily cede the leadership clout of the executive branch to a chaotic, rapacious, solipsistic Congress? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whom I used to admire for her smooth aplomb under pressure, has clearly gone off the deep end with her bizarre rants about legitimate town-hall protests by American citizens. She is doing grievous damage to the party and should immediately step down.
.... On this, my first post here (in September 08) on P4A I stated :
"He [Obama] is a newcomer to D.C. he has not “paid his dues” and the old Democratic guard demand he pay them. If this is what you want, again there is no hope for you. After two years of this those of us in the middle will get sick of the politics as usual and hand him a Republican congress. Instant partisan gridlock and the cycle will repeat itself – as it has since the inception of political parties."
I have since re-valuated my center stance since that post, I have veered right far more right than I was then. My how things "change".
There is a lot more in Ms Paglia's article worth reading. Like her agreeing with Palin (again) on the "death panel" term. Again this is on Salon.com -- not exactly a right-wing nirvana.
I for one am glad to see that some of her sound advice is falling on deaf ears at the WhiteHouse.
