James Fallows Says that Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, and Company Are Not New Yorkers--and Are Not Really Americans
I would put it differently: I would say that they are not who America should be--that if we are anything, it is not another bunch of angry bigoted blood-and-soil-and-our-god nationalists, but rather a City Upon a Hill, a Light Unto the Nations, an Errand Unto the Wilderness to demonstrate what humans can be. And Palin and Gingrich are definitely not into America's best self.
James Fallows:
This Is Not My Normal Beat (Bloomberg & Mosque Dept)...: ... but I have to say that all Americans are New Yorkers today, in the wake of Mayor Bloomberg's brave and eloquent defense of American tolerance, and the resilient strength of America's diverse society, in welcoming the vote that cleared the way for construction of a mosque near the site of Ground Zero...
