Stare Into the Face of Your Populist Revolution
"The people" are these people
How did the Graham Platner disaster happen? A curse monkey’s paw wish for more Democrats plucked from the SNL “Who’s More Grizzled” sketch? Barack Obama hitting a leprechaun with his car, causing the entire Democratic coalition to be struck with an ancient Celtic curse? I wouldn’t rule either of those things out, but The Wall Street Journal has found the more proximate cause: Meet the couple who discovered Platner and convinced him to run.
Before we get to substance, let’s address the elephant in the room: That guy’s voice. You know how Jackie Kennedy had a hard-to-pin-down accent that made you certain that she knew which spoon is for consommé and which is for adding a dollop of cream to your île flottante? This guy has the modern version of that accent. I don’t want to condemn someone based on their accent; I used to have a southern accent that made people picture me riding a pig and drinking from a jug marked “XXX” every time I opened my mouth. But that guy’s accent is, by itself, a small indication that he might not be the ideal person to speak to the needs of the common man.
