It’s A Clothes Race In Oregon

October 28, 2008 at 9:07 am

Here’s an interesting development in the class wars from today’s Washington Post.

On the op-ed page, Richard Cohen takes this shot at Bill Kristol (emphasis added):

Especially in the Weekly Standard, Palin was acclaimed as a tribune of the people. As for her critics, they were dismissed as “liberal media” types who were not, like conservative editors and TV commentators, one with the people. Kristol hit this theme hard, having somehow absorbed Wal-Mart sensitivities while living most of his life in either New York or Washington where, as I can personally attest, real Americans are encountered only when summoned to carry out home repairs. You can learn a lot this way.

Could Cohen be implying that Kristol really is country club Republican?

Probably matters how you define country club Republican.

Fortunately, the Post provides that definition — in its news pages.

From the Post’s coverage today of the Oregon Senate race and Gordon Smith (emphasis added):

Smith, looking the part of a country club Republican in a blue blazer and bright yellow sweater vest, addressed reporters from a lectern labeled “Democrats for Smith.” Two of the 22 registered Democrats flanking him sported Obama pins.

So, if we’re to believe the Washington Post, all you need to be a country club Republican is a yellow sweater?  Well, if the below yellow sweater-wearer is any indication, just one more question: where do we sign up?

yellow sweater

2008 campaign  Washington Post

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