Comments on: From Whitewater to Whitewash http://www.edrants.com/from-whitewater-to-whitewash/ a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: birnbaum http://www.edrants.com/from-whitewater-to-whitewash/comment-page-1/#comment-1770 birnbaum Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=924#comment-1770 I don't read Noah's remarks as a rejection of the great Hughes' message but a jibe at Kerry's attempted sanitizing of its ferociously activist call-to-arms. I don’t read Noah’s remarks as a rejection of the great Hughes’ message but a jibe at Kerry’s attempted sanitizing of its ferociously activist call-to-arms.

]]> By: Rake http://www.edrants.com/from-whitewater-to-whitewash/comment-page-1/#comment-1771 Rake Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=924#comment-1771 Oh, I think it's clear that that's what Timmy's getting at. But (1) I don't think Kerry is ducking Hughes' intent; (2) I have a huge problem with statements such as "The poem has only one meaning"; and (3) I think Noah's rhetoric is crazy overheated (hence the mention of Reagan/Springsteen "collaboration," an utter misrepresentation if ever there was one). Oh, I think it’s clear that that’s what Timmy’s getting at. But (1) I don’t think Kerry is ducking Hughes’ intent; (2) I have a huge problem with statements such as “The poem has only one meaning”; and (3) I think Noah’s rhetoric is crazy overheated (hence the mention of Reagan/Springsteen “collaboration,” an utter misrepresentation if ever there was one).

]]> By: birnbaum http://www.edrants.com/from-whitewater-to-whitewash/comment-page-1/#comment-1772 birnbaum Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=924#comment-1772 Well, I agree with you about Noah's fiat that the poem has only one meaning. But really, do you accept Kerry's duality of meanings? Even if Noah is lampooning the poem as a Stalinist exhortation, its agitation and disallusionment with America is closer to its heart than a list of the promises. Well, I agree with you about Noah’s fiat that the poem has only one meaning. But really, do you accept Kerry’s duality of meanings?

Even if Noah is lampooning the poem as a Stalinist exhortation, its agitation and disallusionment with America is closer to its heart than a list of the promises.

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