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Wingers Freak Out Over Obama's "Identity Politics" -- What About Saint Reagan's?
Sadly, No! and Atrios direct us to "Obama vs. McCain Bumper Stickers," a post by "Dr. Helen" Smith, wife of Instapundit. She's taken aback after seeing a minivan with "Latinos for Obama" and "Women for Obama" bumper stickers. Oh, these Democrats and their identity politics -- especially that Negro candidate! Thank goodness our guys don't do anything like that!
... Except, as she later acknowledges, McCain does exactly the same thing.
Excuse me -- this woman is roughly my age. Has she lived here all this time completely oblivious to how Americans conduct political campaigns?
You want identity politics? I got identity politics. Ladies and gentlemen, here's identity politics till you could plotz -- from that great postmodern multiculturalist, Ronald Wilson Reagan:
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