Speedkill

Over at Salon. Matt highlights some it here.

What I found interesting is what Hit and Run highlighted:

Howard Dean has a record that’s not at all unlike what you’re trying to pull off in Montana, but it’s hard to imagine Dean as the kind of national candidate who would do well here.

The first time people heard of Howard Dean, they heard of him as some guy from Vermont — and people vaguely know where that is, but it sounds like it’s where lots of hippies live — and that he was against the war. So even before they saw him on TV, they figured he had a ponytail and a nose ring.

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John Kerry opposes gay marriage, too. But if you took a poll of Montanans today, I’ll bet 85 percent of them would say that he supports it.

Oh, they’d probably think that he married some guy.

Sort of a mix of funny and annoyingly condescending. Another thing is this:

But were Montanans outraged at the same level as folks in New York City or in other vulnerable cities? Frankly, is al-Qaida coming to Montana? It would be a bad idea for them to come here. To start with, if they show up here and start making some trouble, somebody’s just going to shoot their asses and ask questions later.

Funny and, for lack of a better word, dorky at the same time. Actually, I’m not sure that’s a correct description, but there’s something I find sort of annoying and silly about that comment. I do realize it’s a joke, too.

Anyway, it’s overall pretty interesting and worth a read.

Jeff Montana