[lit-ideas] Re: one of Exit Ghost's political points

In a real sense the sky did fall, only in real life nobody noticed.  It's 
curious that, apparently, Roth thinks only trustfunded literary types were 
impotently outraged about that 'election', some of whom make a joke about 
it.  This financial catastrophe is all part and parcel of it.   
 

--- On Fri, 10/31/08, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Following Kerry's defeat, all the trustfunded, literary 
thirty-somethings are moping or raging, and there are 
plenty of impassioned speeches about the sky falling.

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