
Rich Lowry's head has been addled by those blazing starbursts
As an African-American woman, Lynch represents a gloriously double-barreled opportunity to accuse Republicans of sub-rosa hatreds.So there you go, McConnell, you got one guy on your side who says it's not a problem at all politically to not only delay this vote as long as possible, but to oppose this nomination. Not that it was ever in question that the editor of the National Review would be on your side. Of course, this is the guy who sees starbursts when Sarah Palin is on the teevee and thinks she's winking just for him, so maybe he's not your best ally here on the optics of women stuff.The political benefit of what feminists call intersectionality—membership in two or more historically oppressed groups—is not having to choose which accusation of bias to make.
One day, it can be racism; the next it can be sexism. Or, different people can make different charges of an -ism on the same day. The possibilities to mix and match are endless. […]
This is demonstrably false. As all the Republicans opposing her nomination make plain, the issue is her belief that President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty is lawful.