Towards the end of a rant (Kevin rants? yes) against Thomas Frank's new article on Obama:
"All of us who do what Thomas Frank does—what I do—have failed. Our
goal was to persuade the public to move in a liberal direction, and that
didn't happen. In the end, we didn't persuade much of anyone. It's
natural to want to avoid facing that humiliating truth, and equally
natural to look for someone else to blame instead. That's human nature.
So fine. Blame Obama if it makes you feel better. That's what we elect
presidents for: to take the blame.
But he only deserves his share. The rest of us, who were unable to
take advantage of an epic financial collapse to get the public firmly in
favor of pitchforks and universal health care, deserve most of it. The
mirror doesn't lie."
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