The E-Word no right-wing attack against Democrats is more electric than the charge of elitism. It can be buried, but that requires acknowledging the ways in which it has been--let's face it--true.(Class)
American Prospect, The, March, 2004 by Mills, Nicolaus
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ONE OF THE MOST REVEALING PASSAGES IN THE late Paul Wellstone's political memoir, The Conscience of a Liberal, is his criticism of the decision that he made during his first year in the Senate to hold a press conference on his opposition to the Gulf War within sight of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. "I wanted to dramatize the dangers of military action," he wrote. "Instead, I deeply hurt many Vietnam veterans--really, all of the veterans' community."
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What makes Wellstone's self-criticism so interesting a decade after the Gulf War is his refusal to excuse ...
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