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[Smoke Signals] Two speeches: Witness the long, scathing profile of the post-presidential Clinton in Vanity Fair by former New York Times White House correspondent Todd Purdum. Purdum writes that it once was “easy enough to retain an enduring affection” for Clinton, despite “his indiscipline” and “his shortcomings.” Not anymore.
[Just Above Sunset] The Republican Brand: Parker is endorsing Fry’s allegedly non-racist sentiments here. And yet, how could sentiments get any more clearly racist than by making explicit references to alleged deficiencies in Obama’s bloodlines?
[Jazzcorner's Speakeasy] Peggy Noonan's Obama Problem: Let me pause here to point out that if Barack Obama were ever to refer to the '49ers of the California gold rush—even with affection—as "losers and brigands," then Sean Hannity would demand his immediate impeachment from the Senate, Bill Kristol would cite it as evidence that Obama was a member of the Communist Party, and Noonan herself would grieve over this condescension toward the starry-eyed dreamers who constitute the heart, soul, and viscera of this proud land.
[TomRoeser.com ::] OBAMA MAY WELL WIN. UNLESS EVENTS INTERVENE.: He has the purest socialist voting record in the Senate, refuses to wear an American flag lapel pin or place his hand over his heart when the national anthem is played signifying his disdain of patriotic display.
[The Scribe] Barack Obama and Trinity United Church of Christ: the African ...: ”¦I think a lot of Christian evangelicals, while they may be offended by the comments of Reverend Wright, in a certain sense we understand better than others that we all see through a glass darkly but by God’s grace we persevere. So we understand in the prophetic tradition, even in our own movement, that in the past fundamentalists have appealed to race to build a political movement.
[LSJ Blogs: People's Politics] A Ford Makes A Sudden Sharp Turn: Jeffery Ford just doesn’t know what to make of charitable-money-donating, grandma-dissing, typical-white-person-calling, hypocrite-beloved, democracy-opposing, Reverend-Wright’s-sermons-attending, former-token-Democratic-V.P.-candidate-arousing, no-Dr.-Martin-Luther-King-Jr.-being, racist-elitist-liberal-agenda-1-and-2-spouting, some-Coke-and-a-“Smile”-having, plagiarizing, yes-we-can-saying, DNC’s-illegitimate-love-child-becoming, America’s-new-day-of-hope-manifesting, rousing-speeches-like-Hitler-giving, novelty-candidate-being, Dr.-Martin-Luther-King-Jr.’s-good-name-out-pimping, about-you-not-caring Barack HUSSEIN Obama.
[America 4 Obama] The difference between Jeremiah Wright & radical, white ...: The statement of Wright's which seems to be causing the most upset -- and it's one of two singled out by Douthat -- is his suggestion that there is a causal link between (a) America's constant bombings of and other interference with Middle Eastern countries and (b) the willingness of some Middle Eastern fanatics to attack the U.S. Ever since the 9/11 attacks, we've been told that positing any such causal connection is a sign of vicious anti-Americanism and that all decent people find such questions despicable. This week we learned that no respectable person would subject his children to a pastor who espouses such hateful ideas.
[Democrats for 2008] Beware of Bland: patriotic pride, he is not going to trumpet his positions from any rooftop. His campaign will be all about personal steadiness and calm in a time of world turmoil.
[Redstate - Conservative News and Community] Reports Of Its Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Because we can't anticipate what ideas and language will dominate the next cycle of American politics, the previous era's key words--"élite," "mainstream," "real," "values," "patriotic," "snob," "liberal"--seem as potent as ever. Indeed, they have shown up in the current campaign: North Carolina and Mississippi Republicans have produced ads linking local Democrats to Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's controversial former pastor.
[Bob Barr 2008 Blog] Bob Barr Announcement Transcript: Every time, at least in recent election cycles, every losing candidate, whether it’s Al Gore, whether it was Gerald Ford as far back as the 1976 race in which Reagan was excoriated by the grand poobahs of the Republican Party for supposedly losing the election for Gerald Ford, every time a candidate for one of the two major parties loses an election, they blame somebody else. And if there happens to have been a candidate for a third party, then that becomes the natural focus and the natural target of their whining.
[Blog entry] America Will Be ...: O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe.
[Britannica Blog] Ok, There’s Jeremiah Wright, but What About John Hagee, Pat ...: Thus far, at least in the messages and promises of their campaigns, both Senator Obama and Senator McCain have proven willing to challenge important constituencies in their respective parties, but there are forces in each party who want to draw them back to the wings, to reframe their messages into the comforting dichotomies of us v. them, black v.
[Cindy's Zone 2] Links 35: As Obama heads to Florida, Jews there have their doubts - International Herald TribuneMcCain rejects pastor's backing after Hitler remark | US | ReutersPelosi denies Olmert proposed US blockade of Iran | International | ReutersUN ...
[Volcanicast] Volcanicast Week Ending 2008/05/09: - - - - - In fact, while the Mexicans were victorious on this day, the French actually made it all the way to Mexico City eventually.
[Indecision 2008] Political Accounting: Their Tax Dollars at Work: Essential Deductions, Ford Maverick, the official car of the maverick, 150 ct. inflatable superdelegates, Year's supply of lapel pins (being welded together into patriotic ironman suit to be unveiled at the convention) .
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