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10-06-2008, 02:40 PM
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New Yorker Magazine's brilliant Obama endorsement
Couldn't have said it better.
The Choice
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Never in living memory has an election been more critical than the one fast approaching—that’s the quadrennial cliché, as expected as the balloons and the bombast. And yet when has it ever felt so urgently true? When have so many Americans had so clear a sense that a Presidency has—at the levels of competence, vision, and integrity—undermined the country and its ideals?
The incumbent Administration has distinguished itself for the ages. The Presidency of George W. Bush is the worst since Reconstruction, so there is no mystery about why the Republican Party—which has held dominion over the executive branch of the federal government for the past eight years and the legislative branch for most of that time—has little desire to defend its record, domestic or foreign. The only speaker at the Convention in St. Paul who uttered more than a sentence or two in support of the President was his wife, Laura. Meanwhile, the nominee, John McCain, played the part of a vaudeville illusionist, asking to be regarded as an apostle of change after years of embracing the essentials of the Bush agenda with ever-increasing ardor..........
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The Choice: Comment: The New Yorker
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10-06-2008, 02:42 PM
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Location: The Land of Lincoln
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Super liberal publication, did you expect anything less???
Yeah, they owe him big time. The sarcasm of their Bumping Muslim Barack and Afro Micheele cover was lost on lots of Americans.
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10-06-2008, 02:44 PM
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De-racinated member trying to stay balanced
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Originally Posted by Mamama Mia
Super liberal publication, did you expect anything less???
Yeah, they owe him big time. The sarcasm of their Bumping Muslim Barack and Afro Micheele cover was lost on lots of Americans.
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You are so vituperative against Obama, I have a hard time believing that politics doesn't spill over into your teaching. |
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10-06-2008, 02:48 PM
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Mamama Mia is a teacher? Yikes.
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10-06-2008, 02:49 PM
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Location: São Paulo, Brazil
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Originally Posted by NYCNY1
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LOL @ the apostle of charge. So perfect. |
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