Saturday, October 09, 2010
‘Unbecoming’ vs. ‘Whore’
Talk about soft-pedaling the ‘whore’ remark:
Talk about soft-pedaling the ‘whore’ remark:
It is not clear whether Mr. Brown even heard the remark, or acknowledged it, but the episode is serving as a reminder for Democrats of the sometimes vexing dichotomy of Mr. Brown’s long career: a politician prone to both dreamy idealism and cold pragmatism, capable of being both poetic and profane in the same sentence and often surrounded with starry-eyed do-gooders and the occasional fringe character.Oh, it’s a ‘vexing dichotomy.’ OK, now I see. Never mind. … How the Times covered Mitt’s ‘unbecoming’ remark. It’s not that much tougher, but there was certainly no ‘vexing dichotomy’ quarter given either.
