Friday, September 19, 2008
Isn't it interesting that this year the Presidential race has such a Western orientation? McCain, of course, even though he isn't really of Arizona (born in the Canal Zone, a military brat who went to Episcopal High School in Alexandria and Annapolis for college. (In a way McCain is really more from the DC area than anywhere else. Cindy talks about being a single parent, which doesn't sound like he spends all that much time in the Grand Canyon State.) Palin is from the ultimate Western State-- Alaska is more Texas than Texas. And despite what Cokie Roberts says, Hawaii is likewise a Western State. This has happened before-- LBJ and Goldwater spring to mind-- but it still seems to say something about the frontier in the American mythos.
// posted by Bill @ 9:31 AM 
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