{"id":627,"date":"2008-03-26T08:53:56","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T12:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/?p=627"},"modified":"2008-03-26T08:53:56","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T12:53:56","slug":"post-modern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/?p=627","title":{"rendered":"“Post modern”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neal Gabler’s NYTimes piece<\/a> about John McCain’s success with the media is entertaining.  Here’s snippet:<\/p>\n

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Seeming to view himself and the whole political process with a mix of
\namusement and bemusement, Mr. McCain is an ironist wooing a group of
\nindividuals who regard ironic detachment more highly than sincerity or
\nseriousness. He may be the first real postmodernist candidate for the
\npresidency<\/strong> \u2014 the first to turn his press relations into the basis of
\nhis candidacy<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He’s right about McCain’s easy treatment in the media.  Just look at how often<\/a> reporters attach McCain’s own branded adjectives to him–"maverick" or "straight-talker."  See Gabler’s piece for more. <\/p>\n

I don’t think the post-modern part is true, however.  Candidates for office have been in the post-modern mode for a long time now.  I remember even Steve Forbes remarking on his "message," as if he were himself a political commentator describing the success of his own candidacy, rather than the candidate actually making his own pitch.  <\/p>\n

But the post-modern mode, one might call it, infects much more than just political reporting.  One can find it all over liberal punditry–never making an argument, merely remarking on arguments made. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neal Gabler’s NYTimes piece about John McCain’s success with the media is entertaining.  Here’s snippet: Seeming to view himself and the whole political process with a mix of amusement and bemusement, Mr. McCain is an ironist wooing a group of individuals who regard ironic detachment more highly than sincerity or seriousness. He may be the … Continue reading “Post modern”<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}