Sunday, January 02, 2005

Those ornery Montanans

Walter Kirn, writing in New York Times magazine, speculates on why Montanans voted the way they did. Hint: It's that Western ornery streak.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hands down the best analysis that I've read.

Thanks for pointing it out.

KarbonKountyMoos said...

Ornery - wonderful! Not only was I not familiar with the word in my previous life - now I even know how to use it. And do...

Anonymous said...

Only a transplanted Texan would have the insight to analyze Montana voting trends as old fashioned "orneryness." Good job, David.

david said...

David: thanks for the link -- I'm going to link it (and you) over at the Big Sky Blog.