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The article says nothing about Palin or Obama, why bring that up? In any case, Sarah Palin graduated from the University of Idaho (after transferring around a f
by hugh 18y ago
The article says nothing about Palin or Obama, why bring that up? In any case, Sarah Palin graduated from the University of Idaho (after transferring around a few different schools).
All of which proves... well, nothing.
- foulmouthboy 18y agoFrom the article's conclusion: The preceding rant is to be taken merely as a preface to something shorter and more aphoristic I wanted to say about commentary on the U.S. election. It has to do with the comparison that is made, usually by insinuation but often overtly -- throughout the mass media, and especially in the elitist mass media -- between the educational backgrounds of Barack Obama and Sarah Palin.
- davidw 18y agoLooks like politics to me. Flagged.
- DanielBMarkham 18y agoHe mentions the political candidates in the last graph, as simply what he'd like to write about next time? If you say so.
- DanielBMarkham 18y ago"to be taken .. as a preface.." When he gets to trashing one of the candidates, make your objections then. How about that? Or you could complain that if he had written the other article, and if it had appeared on HN, how inappropriate it would be (and I would agree) Geesh. Looking for any fights lately?
- ors23 18y agoActually, the writer is saying that the entire article is to be taken as a preface to that last statement, which is clearly about politics.
- DanielBMarkham 18y agoAnd prefaces are not content. One can agree with the preface and not the body of the argument. I'm not going to argue. I give up. Logically the preface is part of the rest of the text. Problem is, there is no rest of the text. But I guess that doesn't matter. If the preface is supposed to lead to a political discussion, even if the preface is non-political, that makes the entire preface political. I just wish I had such keen eyes. Without the author's last graph, who could have known the rest of his text was so political in nature?
- hugh 18y agoOops. I must have missed the last paragraph.