LIFE WITH BULLWRINKLE:

The yacht vs. the pickup truck: Democrats are now the party of perceived privilege, and GOP is the party of the people (Joan Vennochi, August 1, 2010, Boston Globe)

From Newport, R.I., — where Kerry’s “Isabel’’ was berthed before heading to Nantucket — to Rhinebeck, N.Y. — where Chelsea Clinton will marry in a mansion modeled after Versailles — today’s Democrats are looking more like Louis XVI than Tip O’Neill.

Kick in the First Family’s vacation plans for Martha’s Vineyard, and there’s a real air of Marie Antoinette & Co. retreating to idyllic gardens, while Fox News whips up revolutionary flames.

(Why is Isabel less provocative than Cordoba?)

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 1, 2010 8:49 AM