Following in our series of moving for politics, TPM Reader TA explains why he’s stayed put in his native South …
This is a subject I’ve been fascinated by for a long time.
I’m a liberal who has chosen to stay in his native South, despite having lived in New York City for a while, and having very close friends in California who frequently encourage me to move out there, where I will fit in better. And once upon a time I did go as far as interviewing for jobs in, you guessed it, Portland. But I stayed.
Staying in the South doesn’t make me any kind of hero, or even a pioneer, like JR. I grew up in this culture, so I know how it works and I know how to function within it and maintain my sanity . . . more or less (there’s a lot of silent swearing and gallows humor involved). And I don’t have kids, so I don’t have some of JM’s concerns; on the other hand, that’s also more and more true of liberals in general.
After days of denial CBS and 60 Minutes seem to be considering coming clean about building a blockbuster segment around an apparent fabricator. The account is that of Dylan Davies, the British security contractor who provided a swashbuckling and heroic account of his role trying to defend the US consulate in Benghazi on the night a year ago when four Americans including the US Ambassador were killed.
Only Davies, who’s also got a book coming out, appears to have made the whole thing up.