And this, well, just read it.
The Village Voice: David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal'
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There's a quote from somebody middlingly famous that I forget. I also forget the quote's exact words. But the gist of it is, "People become conservative after they have something to conserve."
For me personally I can only say I abhore ideologues on either side and I didn't understand the great hue and cry over Geraldine Ferraro's recent electoral remarks: what she says about Obama is patently true. Of course it's also true that Hillary Clinton wouldn't be where she is if she weren't woman.
re: ferraro, i suspect the fury is that people are uncomfortable about what that might say about, let's by charitable, their fellow americans.
And this is certainly true.
i'm unsurprised that his come-to-jesus moment vis a vis conservatism is compelling.
i'd bet he could write the opposite story and, while i'd find it an unsatisfactory conclusion, i would find it compelling. unlike many author's, he's got my number.
Hollywood’s Newest Neo-Con: David Mamet Chugs the Kool-Aid (http://crimesofthestate.blogspot.com/2008/03/hollywoods-newest-neo-con-david-mamet.html)