bitterlyclingin
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If you saw this If I were President article in the NYT that purported to offer up helpful suggestions from non-pundits and political/media types on how to fix the country, you probably rolled your eyes. Certainly FrankJ and Jon Henke did on Twitter (H/T), and for good reason: as ideas go, said ideas were
ah, largely lacking. And kind of provincial. Gimmicky, even. Certainly mostly a narrow focus.
But thats not the point of this post. No, the point of this post is to introduce you to who the New York Times consider to be a range of Americans who dont labor in politics or the media largely because if people just let the New York Times get away with claiming nonsense with a straight face then theyll never stop doing that.
So: let us look at these twelve supposedly representative Americans (one of which, by the way, is probably actually a Brit):
Name
Affiliation
Noteworthy because?
Michael J Sandel
Liberal
Harvard Professor/HuffPo
Sharon Olds
Liberal
Poet Rebuffs Laura Bush
Andrew Weil
Liberal
Alt-med, likes Obamacare
Danny Meyer
Liberal
Obama supporter/restauranteur
James Q Wilson
Conservative
Professor/Academic
Jennifer Egan
Liberal
Author / Thinks Bush criminal
Str. Mary Walgenbach
Liberal
Antiwar loon
The New York Times’ Everyday Americans? | RedState
But thats not the point of this post. No, the point of this post is to introduce you to who the New York Times consider to be a range of Americans who dont labor in politics or the media largely because if people just let the New York Times get away with claiming nonsense with a straight face then theyll never stop doing that.
So: let us look at these twelve supposedly representative Americans (one of which, by the way, is probably actually a Brit):
Name
Affiliation
Noteworthy because?
Michael J Sandel
Liberal
Harvard Professor/HuffPo
Sharon Olds
Liberal
Poet Rebuffs Laura Bush
Andrew Weil
Liberal
Alt-med, likes Obamacare
Danny Meyer
Liberal
Obama supporter/restauranteur
James Q Wilson
Conservative
Professor/Academic
Jennifer Egan
Liberal
Author / Thinks Bush criminal
Str. Mary Walgenbach
Liberal
Antiwar loon
The New York Times’ Everyday Americans? | RedState