not one of us

Nora Ephron, writing about the Rosie vs. Elizabeth blowout, which Barbara Walters is desperately trying to spin, inadvertently describes ”cocooning” *** better than anybody:

Elizabeth [Hasselbeck, of The View] was the only person I knew who was in favor of the war.

The thing Ephron’s ashamed of is not the pathetically rigid political orthodoxy that excludes from her (presumably wide) social circle anyone who might disagree with her vaguely held views (re “in favor of the war”: which war?—we’re fighting more than one; also, in favor of ”the war” at which point in time?) but her neck.

Have the plastic surgery already! Maybe it’ll make room for a little tolerance and diversity in your clever pinhead.

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*** It has only gotten worse since Mickey Kaus wrote about the phenomenon in October 2003.