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:

  1. Anonymous6:30 PM

    Hands down the best analysis that I've read.

    Thanks for pointing it out.

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  2. 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...

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  3. Anonymous8:57 AM

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

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

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