The Tragedy of Sarah Palin
The Republicans desperately need their Barack Obama. It could have been Sarah Palin.
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The Republicans desperately need their Barack Obama. It could have been Sarah Palin.
What Obama offers, in substance and in spirit, is a radical departure from the principles of the American Dream that has defined our nation over the last two centuries.
After Obama wins the election and steals all the white people's money and gives it to the black people and then takes our cars and our candelabras, would you like to get a cup of coffee?
I assumed most people already knew that I had supported Obama. Anyone who has spent five minutes listening to my program would have known that. But if it helped to make it official, I'm happy to make it so.
Following the campaign coverage is a zero sum game. Or maybe a once-in- three-weeks sum game. That's about the frequency of actual news amid campaign stops, polls, and tortuous man-on-the-street interviews.
Having just gotten off the plane from the Middle East, one thing is for certain: whether you are pro-Israeli, pro-Palestinian or pro-whatever, there is hardly a soul who is not rooting for a big Obama victory.
Studs Terkel died on Friday in Chicago at the age of 96. He was too young. But then, whenever he ended up dying, he'd be too young.
One reason for the hunger for change is that the years of the Bush presidency have coincided with a worldwide rise of fundamentalisms: Christian, Muslim, and secular.
66% of those voters who have been calling themselves "Undecided" will admit to fraudulently claiming their independence and confess that they were simply enjoying their 15 minutes.
When I asked him about Barack Obama, he gave me a look of pure contempt and uttered perhaps the most reactionary single comment of this election season.
Obama's candidacy has clearly motivated many professional athletes to reject the popular notion that political activity somehow taints them in the marketplace.
Using the pejorative word "socialism" to describe an honorable progressive income tax is shameful in these difficult times -- and it is also just plain wrong.
