Blogger Daniel Larison, on George Will pointing out that Rudy Giuliani grew up rooting for the Yankees over the Dodgers, even though he's from Brooklyn:
How does treason to one’s home borough recommend a man to anyone? You might as well say, “Our next speaker grew up in America during the Cold War, but nonetheless supported the expansion of Soviet communism.” How on earth does it make him comparable to Margaret Thatcher? Was she also in the habit of despising her hometown? I think not. What sort of decent person roots for the Yankees anyway?I always liked Rudy as mayor of New York. But you can add this to the list of reasons I can't support him for president.
Although no comment about Park Ridge Illinois' Hillary Rodham Life Long Yankees fandom could be heard from the left.
Posted by: J. Lichty at March 5, 2007 07:39 PM