Associations
Although the leftwing bloggers and the Lamont campaign would dearly love to pretend it never happened, the Hamsher 'blackface' incident is alive and well and living in the media. (I told you it had legs). Tom Maguire has an astonishingly complete roundup. Maguire reaches the same conclusion as I did Lamont really would have to throw Hamsher under the bus and return the money. As Maguire points out, both gestures are purely symbolic, but Lamont should have done so yesterday. It is probably too late for the to do any good at this point.
Politics is a game of associations. You are known by who you hang with. Hamsher is a real liability for Lamont. It is highly unlikely that any future candidates would welcome her endorsement at this point.
This incident is not over, no matter how the Lamont people want it to be.
Blogosphere, Politics | Gaius Friday, 4 August , 2006
By Blackhawk, Friday, 4 August , 2006 @ 9:52 pm
It’s an old extremist meme (and I don’t mean Democrat…this applies to all extremists): pretend it didn’t happen, and it actually didn’t happen.
Freedom of speech…and the responsibilities it entails. Reap the whirlwind.