It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of
a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into
privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing
algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the
planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.
These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread. Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times. Who Thinks Howard Dean is Too Liberal? Part IIThe same results as below from a Washington Post poll taken December 18-20, 2003 with a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points, but this time by region:
Now what this tells me is that another big media story doesn't have much juice. Although Southern voters (of which I am one) are more likely to think Howard Dean is too liberal, they're only just a wee bit more likely to think that. In fact, the most common response among Southerners is to say that Howard Dean is About Right. This doesn't fit with the big media notion that we grits-eating, sister-swapping, pork-rind-chewing, overall-wearing, ignunt suthnas just couldn't, couldn't like Howard Dean. Perhaps the big media need to pull their heads out of their navels, stop playing "Dueling Banjos" when they write their copy, and listen to more than the sound bites of their colleagues before they buy into the next wave of hype. But that's just another ignunt Southern voter talking. Well, golllleeee! Return to the Irregular Times Main Page
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