So Gordon Brown has met his nemesis in the deadly form of an Ordinary Voter. Why should this surprise anybody? There is a reliable history of Leftwing politicians having disastrous encounters with the reality of most people’s lives and concerns.
Joe the Plumber famously provided the most damaging chapter of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign when he confronted the future president with the consequences of Democratic tax policy on small businesses like his own. And in that case too, it was not the comments from the archetypical citizen that were so disastrous for the political leader: Joe Wurzelbacher was simply presenting an opposing point of view which could be seen as part of the give-and-take of familiar political debate. What was so dangerous for Obama were his own words. He made the mistake of framing his reply in Leftist ideological terms: he believed, he said, that “when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” Full Piece
