Electoral politics as sport
By James Carroll | Monday, January 14, 2008 | The Boston Globe
“…Over the next three weeks, America will be in thrall to its cult of masculinity. Weekends will be defined by the NFL playoffs, culminating in the Super Bowl Feb. 3. What remains of the nation’s attention, after football, will be seized by presidential politics, leading up to the decisive primaries on Super Tuesday, Feb. 5. The first process is a celebration of a peculiar notion of manliness, while the second is a prisoner of it….”
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