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Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Q and A

Q.  All right, Michael, how come you haven’t posted anything all day?  Are you sulking because Bush’s SCOTUS nomination diverted everyone’s attention from Theory Tuesday?

A.  Not at all.  Bush’s SCOTUS nomination diverted no one’s attention from Theory Tuesday.  What diverted everyone’s attention from Theory Tuesday was that weird head-fake about how the nominee was going to be Edith Brown Clement.

Q.  So that’s what the Clement thing was all about?

A.  That’s what the Clement thing was all about.

Q.  Why would the Rove Administration pull such a stunt?  Are you saying that the White House reads Theory Tuesdays?

A.  The White House doesn’t just read Theory Tuesdays—the White House fears Theory Tuesdays.  Bush, Cheney and Rove know that critical theory is the only thing that can break their stranglehold on power: in its capacity to question every form of representation and uncover the hidden workings of every last cultural formation and historical bloc, critical theory presents a challenge to the Bush Administration unlike any other it has ever faced.  So I’m telling you to watch out for a fresh diversion next Tuesday.  The lines have been drawn.

Q.  You sound angry about this.  Are you?

A.  Not at all.  It is to be expected that the centers of power would respond at once viciously and deviously to Theory Tuesdays.  Now, something like this, by contrast—that really makes me mad.

Posted by Michael on 07/20 at 05:43 PM
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