At The Daily Howler, Bob Somerby continues to disconstruct the Irish-Catholic boys club that makes up much of the media:
MATTHEWS: But, hey, I measure people by their heart. I don’t think Biden was saying anything more than somebody of his generation would say.But we know someone who’s roughly “of Biden’s generation” who hasn’t been uttering dumb racial gaffes. Her name, of course, is Hillary Clinton—and no, she hasn’t issued cringe-making remarks about Obama’s cleanliness. She hasn’t done so for an obvious reason—she’s smarter than Biden about such matters. She has cared more about matters of race; she has paid much better attention.
Somerby, brought up an Irish Catholic himself, was excellent yesterday as well on the Irish Catholic male (and even female) problem with women yesterday.