The Socialization Of The Pundit Class

Kos is onto something. I'm horribly anti-social with my fellow pundits. I'm a no-show for parties, dinners, soirees. It's not some kind of above-it-all purity. I just have enough friends, one husband, two dogs and a great big television. My closest friends tend to be in non-political fields. Being a fag helps too. You get an instant social circle outside of professional networks. And I'm lucky enough to have been able to write this blog for eight years without having to belong to any party or clique. I realize now how unusual this is. But it helps explain why it was a lot easier for me to call these Republicans out as total poseurs long before most of my fellow conservative hacks. I mean: backing Kerry in '04 wasn't much fun but at least I didn't suffer any real social or professional blowback.