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Frank Rich's babies. Well maybe 50 years ago...
Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of the way before it is understood.
by Granny Doc on Mon May 12, 2008 at 05:49:48 AM PDT
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by TexMex on Mon May 12, 2008 at 05:57:09 AM PDT
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Pimp away...
by Granny Doc on Mon May 12, 2008 at 05:57:43 AM PDT
by TexMex on Mon May 12, 2008 at 05:59:08 AM PDT
Could someone that bright, intellectual, curious, thinking, and visionary even have a shot at the modern Presidency?
Candidate Jefferson would be hammered by Rove and the media - for the fluent French, the library, his views on religion and society. It's so sad that a man of his talents would be utterly torn apart. Obama is probably the closest were are going to come in finding if anyone resembling Jefferson could survive the modern political cycle.
The Book of Revelation is not a foreign policy manual.
by Dont Just Stand There on Mon May 12, 2008 at 06:54:32 AM PDT
Where they would be water boarding him to give up Ben Franklin.
by bernardpliers on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:03:12 AM PDT
they would be trying to extract 'intelligence' out of him about that thing called the US Constitution and what he and Franklin were trying to do with that goddamned piece of paper
Orwell meet George the 43rd
by FreeTradeIsYourEpitaph on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:35:36 AM PDT
become so anti-intellectual? 'Tis a shame.
by MizKit on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:30:42 AM PDT
It's only since the TV era began that our "news" has been filtered through a small bottleneck of corporate interests. Until cable came along the "news" in the world came from three white men filmed from the ribs up. Now that's 20-30 people (mostly white men) and we see their legs sometimes.
The media consolodation brought about by Reagan, Clinton and the Bushes allowed that handful of filters to buy up all the papers and radio stations as well.
Fortunately, we're coming to the end of this period. We're the media now and it's becoming a clamor of many voices (as it always was before) instead a drone.
by Urizen on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:41:42 AM PDT
gets to us all, and for me, I think that maybe this thing won't make it. But it's no longer about who "doesn't get it."
We hear from media types, RW talking heads, and Dems from the old model (mostly Clinton's campaign 'team') that the Obama supporters "don't get it." But man of us know, they are the ones who "don't get it."
Sometimes, like after the PA primary, or Two-Step Tuesday, when the news was all about Clinton's momentum, and Obama's Wright/Ayers/latte/bitter problem, there's a trepidation. We think, "maybe we are the ones that are deluded." But I tell you, we are not the deluded. The only thing we have to fear now, is to be the outnumbered. But our diligence and message, our willingness to be the change we seek, will eliminate that last obstacle.
GD, thanks for putting it out there. It's so clear to see now that it is the ability to frame the present outside the terms of the past, which makes us the ones who truly do "get it."
-7.12/-5.95
by MooseHB on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:54:28 AM PDT
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." - JFK
by moose67 on Mon May 12, 2008 at 11:19:50 AM PDT
Or we shall certainly all hang seperately...
...above the door to a favorite pub.
by MooseHB on Mon May 12, 2008 at 10:19:54 PM PDT
those media talking heads weren't clones made in a laboratory?
by FreeTradeIsYourEpitaph on Tue May 13, 2008 at 03:23:27 PM PDT
I just finished this new book by Susan Jacoby, a writer/journalist and historian, and she outlines her take on exactly that question -- how did we get to this point? She provides a lot of historical context, and weaves the political aspects with the advance of technology and media. There seemed to be a lot of argument on the blogs etc. about the PREMISE of her book, but once I actually got into the details, she really presents a very well-researched case.
by Leebot on Mon May 12, 2008 at 09:12:56 AM PDT
asdf
Si, se puede cambiar~~Yes, we can change~~Obama '08
by Angie in WA State on Mon May 12, 2008 at 10:28:34 AM PDT
According to all reports Jefferson was a tall good looking man, well spoken, and charismatic. I would bet he'd come across real well on TV.
His policies wouldn't matter much, just like they don't today. Since the Kennedy/Nixon tv debate what really matters in national politics is how good you look on TV, eh?
The real question: could Abraham Lincoln be elected these days?
:: Hopeful even still ::
by Rick Aucoin on Mon May 12, 2008 at 10:50:52 AM PDT
not have been 'cute' but he had the voice and knocked them dead at debates. I think we would win. I think it's a combination of talent,charisma and message, content. I believe that thirst for our 'better angel' beats out fear. The tide shifts when the populace has been abused and jerked around by the royalist/federalists who historically have always been here and have new names. The rifts in our politics are not new no matter what it's called. The time is ripe for a new shift.
"And if my thought-dreams could be seen They'd probably put my head in a guillotine" Bob Dylan
by shaharazade on Mon May 12, 2008 at 11:23:09 AM PDT
sniff...... seeing a presentation of a box at my Rotary meeting today.
by TexMex on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:34:19 AM PDT
my crying would move you guys.
by TexMex on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:35:46 AM PDT
as a boy (sic) we would rush to shame you out of your tears? <VBG>
by Granny Doc on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:37:40 AM PDT
but I really am a 55 year old woman, not a girl. There people, I said my age now what is my reward!!! I four feet seven inches tall in my stocking feet. donate here... http://www.shelterboxusa.org/ post it here... http://www.dailykos.com/...
Do i need to curse you guys out??? WTF!!!
by TexMex on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:51:35 AM PDT
Thanks for brightening my morning on a gloomy Monday.
by JoeW on Mon May 12, 2008 at 05:57:19 AM PDT
Not a day conducive to good spirits. <g>
by Granny Doc on Mon May 12, 2008 at 05:58:24 AM PDT
conducive
What's THAT??
by Granny Doc on Mon May 12, 2008 at 05:59:10 AM PDT
It's a good word, conducive to helping one improve one's vocabulary.
by JoeW on Mon May 12, 2008 at 06:06:32 AM PDT
lattes and arugula for breakfast '-)
I read Rich's column during my flight home yesterday. It was a great way to spend part of a long flight. I kept nodding and smiling.
Searching for corrupt, lobbyist loving John McCain?
by Lisa Lockwood on Mon May 12, 2008 at 06:26:56 AM PDT
and have never been able to figure what lattes are supposed to be about. Why would someone start up coffee houses that specialize in coffee with milk? 'Tis a puzzlement. I don't understand it.
But, an even bigger puzzlement has been why the consumers of lattes are to be singled out as somehow peculiar.
Now I'm thinking that (and this strikes me as really far out and maybe even subversive) that "lattes" is some sort of code for people who are into mixing black and white--that it's not about coffee and milk, but about blacks and whites and latinos; i.e. the consumers of lattes are race-mixers and maybe even a little effeminate.
I'm reminded that black coffee was supposed to be strong and drinking it was supposed to put hair on your chest and I find I'm not alone. Which, finally, suggests to me that the people who came up with the notion of appealing to "soccer moms" were not sincere in their concern either, but were really into pander. The latte crowd and soccer moms are groups that are to be flummoxed.
How do you tell a predator from a protector? The predator will eat you sooner rather than later.
by hannah on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:08:37 AM PDT
As you perhaps know, Latte just means milk, and Cafe latte, coffee and milk.
Maybe it is a stretch, but the use of latte in conjunction with Liberal works to:
(a) Indicate a Starbucks consumer who can afford fancy prices for coffee, i.e., the Liberal Elite from the coasts
(b) Adding milk to coffee instead of drinking it black makes one less manly, i.e., a milksop ,
(c) Lattes are not just milk, but steamed milk, adding to the image of a frothy, insubstantial Liberal.
(d) Latte-sipping liberal is alliterative.
Outraged Conservatives: Stop Picking on McCain's Trollop
by Bronxist on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:26:15 AM PDT
pure as an angel, sweet as love." --Tallyrand
But he was French.
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election. --Otto von Bismarck
by Ice Blue on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:39:05 AM PDT
"...Dark, Bitter, and Old" -- Groucho.
We have no desire to offend you -- unless you are a twit!
by ScrewySquirrel on Mon May 12, 2008 at 04:00:22 PM PDT
upper-middle class white drinks his coffee as black as they can make it. I have never understood why people order one thing (coffee) only to mask the flavor of it with something else (milk), but I suppose my fellow 'elitist' may not enjoy a pure cup of joe as much as I.
by Jampacked on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:38:53 AM PDT
just as I take my politicians. Hot and Black.
by Granny Doc on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:40:16 AM PDT
...and intelligent enough to make me weak in the knees. Smart = sexy sexy sexy.
I'm with ya, Granny! :)
"What's troubling is the gap between the magnitude of our challenges and the smallness of our politics." -Barack Obama
by azure on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:49:49 AM PDT
now you got me thinking about KO again...instead of coffee.. or wait, Obama, that's what the diary was about,right?
-7.75, -6.05 The point of the war in Iraq is that there IS a war in Iraq- Keith Olbermann
by nicolemm on Mon May 12, 2008 at 10:37:43 AM PDT
the acids do a major number on my digestive tract.
I'm a definite tea drinker...
"Old soldiers never die -- they get young soldiers killed." -- Bill Maher
by Cali Scribe on Mon May 12, 2008 at 11:34:02 AM PDT
I'm a huge coffee drinker, but I like mint tea as well. What other tea's are really good, and keep in mind I won't be adding milk or whatever to them.
by Jampacked on Tue May 13, 2008 at 07:11:42 PM PDT
are of the same vein.
He drinks more than me, but I got my sensibilities from him. I went from abstaining from coffee for 19 years to drinking it black almost daily. Gotta love college :P
by Jampacked on Tue May 13, 2008 at 07:14:14 PM PDT
you dilute the pure flavor of the beans by straining hot water through them.
Like me, I assume that you don't mask the flavor of your oatmeal with raisins or (gasp) sugar, nor mask the flavor of cloves with (god forbid) ham. Certainly I prefer my pancakes sans syrup, my potatoes without gravy.
</snark>.
Bourbon without water, though. I draw the line there.
Borrowed Suits
by Gooch on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:01:58 AM PDT
A true coffee lover...
by juca on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:12:15 AM PDT
the origin and roast. <g>
by Granny Doc on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:13:59 AM PDT
--once got me from New Hampshire to Salt Lake in a straight shot.
Of course, they were covered in chocolate...
by Gooch on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:14:53 AM PDT
There's a legend that the stimulant effect of coffee beans was discovered by an Ethiopian goatherd. He noticed that when his goats ate coffee beans, they began to dance.
by Ice Blue on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:40:55 AM PDT
if the bean is crispy, crunchy, it's still fresh. But I still like them brewed-from freshly ground , fresh roasted beans.
by nicolemm on Mon May 12, 2008 at 10:34:50 AM PDT
The British just don't understand why Americans treat tea so badly. We:
then,
I'd say they have a point ... EXCEPT, I'm always reluctant to listen to anything the Brits have to say about food preparation.
{Grin}
If seniority equated to good judgment, John McCain would be appointed president.
by Juan4All on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:48:58 AM PDT
by Big River Bandido on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:10:58 AM PDT
observing Barack Obama since he captured my mind during the primary race for the US Senate.
The man is brilliant. All the 'Obama HAS TO do xyzs' over the course of this angst-ridden primary have been completely off target.
The only thing Obama HAD to do was be his own darned f*ckin' brilliant self. And that's exactly what he's done.
With the disadvantages life handed him, he took the time to define himself. And so, he hasn't let the press, the opposition or any darned body define him differently.
I read somewhere yesterday, that he embodies all the contradictions which comprise this weird country. Very true, indeed.
Because he is so self-possessed, I don't speculate on his Veep pick either. It will be brilliant, and after it's announced, will be a forehead slapping 'of course, why didn't I think of that' pick.
If we have the confidence in him to be president, we need to have confidence in him to do exactly what he's done too: run a brilliant campaign only HE will define.
Never get the mothers too angry.
by pvlb on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:26:17 AM PDT
There's something else at work here, I think. I'm working on deduction not observed instance, but bear with me.
First, there never was a golden age of politics, really. Sure, there was more time to be statesmanlike. And for sure were in a very black, non-democratic age in terms of the way the game is played. But not even the constitutional convention was entirely above-board. So what we're looking at is a richer pastiche than simple dignity.
I think what's going on is that Obama has found a way to engage in surface-level dignity, statemanship, forbearance and substance, while wielding a stiletto rather than a baseball bat.
But insofar as our actions influence our thoughts (rather than the other way around), a more statesmanlike approach has the potential to enable more statesmanlike governance from all sides. The physics of government are in some measure immutable, however. Power is still the proximate object. Getting it still requires a degree of ruthlessness.
What Obama is doing -- successfully -- is reminding the entire country that the ultimate object was supposed to be far more than power, far rarer than simple security therefore. He's reminding us that the whole point wasn't just to keep moving forward:
It was to keep moving upward.
by Gooch on Mon May 12, 2008 at 06:59:52 AM PDT
on this Gooch. I don't for a moment think Obama is not a very skilled politician. He was honed in the fires of Chicago, after all. But he is truly bring a new sensibility to the stage.
by Granny Doc on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:02:08 AM PDT
I always read you, Granny. And I hear that. There's a lot to be said about political realities and the possibility of statesmanship.
One thing occurred to me, reading someone else trying to get a handle on this Obama style. And it comes back to the 24 hour news cycle.
See, we used to laud the Clintons for striking back within the same news cycle. It was what worked, at the time.
I think what Obama may have realized is that (at least on the national stage) the 24 hour news cycle can have the opposite effect from what we all imagine it does. Because it goes on endlessly, there almost isn't a cycle anymore. The pundits are far from realizing this, of course, but Obama's success is forcing it on them.
He doesn't hit back. His silence makes time for space in a way that didn't used to be true--even before the 'net and 24 hour cable news. A specious (or spurious) allegation will be launched. Rather than hit right back, he allows it to play for a while. The light of 24hour exposure itself begins to illuminate the gauze that holds the thing together.
Once everyone has had a chance to look the thing over--really begin to see it--he responds.
It's a new thing. I don't know if it will work for everything, but it's interesting to watch.
by Gooch on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:09:03 AM PDT
as BHO pointed out, he is still running vs democratic opponents and as much many around this parts will love to see him answering fire with fire, can't you imagine how much harder will be to unite the dem party if he fights back hard (finger-gate anyone?)
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi
by IamTheJudge on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:42:49 AM PDT
all about. The last one was about appealing to a false sense of patriotism through support of a war that was more about revenge and fear than self-defense.It was also about protecting rights (to own guns,flaunt your religion and moral superiority)that were never really in danger of being lost.
Obama is trying to get us to a higher plane of thinking.I believe he is trying to get us to think like citizens instead of partisans.
It is the job of the opponent to show us all of his personal flaws so that we realize he is just as imperfect as the rest of us ,so you might as well vote for someone who is pandering to your special interests.
He has probably taken money from contributors he shouldn't. He has probably looked up to people that were flawed.
We can choose to look "down" or we can look "upward" to move us from this place of unchanging "politics as usual".His candidacy has made a difference.I think his presidency would make an ever bigger difference.
by lindalrs on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:04:08 AM PDT
can't spin no matter how hard they try. He portrays HONESTY and a true sense of caring. These are not political issues, but feeling of the heart that are far above the political frey.
So...they can complian about his lack of experience, his associations, his color, and on and on, BUT he will rise above them.
The American people have had a stomach full of false promises and lies. We have had soo much taken away from us in the past 8 years that even the most diehard loyalist of the opposition can now see the truth.
Although McCain has tried to distance himself from Bush, there is enough of the current administration in his rethoric to make Independents scared of his presidency. They will ultimately decide who the next president will be whether we as Democrats like it or not.
Therefore IMHO, Barack will become president for one simple reason above all others. He gives us HOPE an honest government who actually puts it's people first and I believe this is what the American people want above all else.
If you see me behind you..don't assume I'm following you. We just happen to be going the same way and if you slow down, I'll run over your ass.
by TKH on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:04:45 AM PDT
when someone calls out during his speech, "I love you," by answering: "I love you back." I find it incredibly endearing when he does that.
IT TOOK five years, the deaths of 4,100 US soldiers... to make Iraq safe for Exxon. ~ Derrick Z. Jackson
by Gorette on Mon May 12, 2008 at 11:41:18 AM PDT
you've just kept getting better and better!
Thou shalt not kill except for a long list of good reasons is like saying you should not covet your neighbor's wife unless she's hot.
by FudgeFighter on Mon May 12, 2008 at 06:27:22 AM PDT
Is Granny Doc really the lady above?
lol...if so, I am so slinking off into the rafters. I have always loved reading Granny's diaries, and to find out it's also the granny that helped "raise" me..I am so embarrassed at my cluelessness
"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist" George Carlin
by bws on Mon May 12, 2008 at 06:36:22 AM PDT
But I rather delight in the idea that I might be mistaken for her.
by Granny Doc on Mon May 12, 2008 at 06:37:32 AM PDT
It will reassure you.
The definition of insanity is voting the same way and expecting a different result. I'm talking to you FL,OH, KY, WV!
by Shhs on Mon May 12, 2008 at 06:28:52 AM PDT
Its pretty wonderful to see them making a come back.
ROAD2DC ... IGTNT
by snackdoodle on Mon May 12, 2008 at 06:35:59 AM PDT
... have had 30 years to make people's lives better than their parents' and have completely failed.
There might be something about that nice round 30 number, because my main point of argument with conservatives who even bother to argue with me anymore is "Take a look at that great Reagan 1980 agenda and tell me what you haven't gotten. Give me one conservative idea of the past 30 years that hasn't been given chance after chance after chance."
No answer, ever.
You call it Bush Derangement Syndrome; I call it sanity.
by RickMassimo on Mon May 12, 2008 at 06:50:39 AM PDT
I swoon.
a plural possessive with an implied prepositional object, a duplicated adjunct verb, an exact ellipsis ... and all so effortlessly!
Can I have your children?
George XLIII & George III, separated at birth?
by JG in MD on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:02:59 AM PDT
I got a nine-year-old; after our breakfast scene this morning, you can have him!
Kidding.
I wish I knew what you were talking about, but since I haven't made anyone swoon in years I'll take what I can get, snark or otherwise.
by RickMassimo on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:42:28 AM PDT
by JG in MD on Mon May 12, 2008 at 09:10:38 AM PDT
is the hortatory subjunctive. ;-)
by Big River Bandido on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:30:11 AM PDT
Stop rewarding bad behavior.
by FLDemJax on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:45:41 AM PDT
were illegal.
Barack Obama -- The President we were promised as kids!
by Jimdotz on Mon May 12, 2008 at 09:06:19 AM PDT
by MyBrainWorks on Mon May 12, 2008 at 09:53:37 AM PDT
Just corrupt and incompetent. Oh, and elitist, too.
by Big River Bandido on Mon May 12, 2008 at 02:00:59 PM PDT
Just consider deregulation of the S&L's. Aren't we still paying that one off. One of Reagan's greatest hits. Then there's Enron. There are plenty more. In fact, the conservatives have been scheming continuously to undo the "socialist" reforms of FDR. They fail utterly to see that, far from being a socialist, he saved capitalism at its darkest hour by putting rules in place that protected them from the destruction wrought by their own unfettered greed.
Fear is the mind killer - Frank Herbert, Dune
by p gorden lippy on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:39:57 AM PDT
most people alive to see the New Deal are dead now. So, these nitwits are just doing what their daddies told them to. Namely, get rid of that evil New Deal. I guess none of them thought to ask their parents why the New Deal was such a bad thing.
by FLDemJax on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:48:18 AM PDT
He is the most underappreciated (is that a word?) columnist. I read his bio on the NYT website - VERY impressive.
Ask me about John McCain!
by takeahike on Mon May 12, 2008 at 06:58:39 AM PDT
Underappreciated
by Jimdotz on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:15:31 AM PDT
The massive slings and arrows of the proscriptivist/descriptivist dictionary and usage debates are about to fly toward your noggin'.
Actually, I don't think there are too many language geeks online (wrong format). Though if there are any, here's a good place to find them, I bet.
by Gooch on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:24:11 AM PDT
us what kind of word!
Hands off my Social Security, John McCain.
by emmasnacker on Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:24:16 AM PDT
is enough. Diagramming is a lost art. Diagramming in one's head is an affliction. But thanks for the appreciation. 8-J
by JG in MD on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:58:18 AM PDT
We spent almost a whole semester on it in the ninth grade and though it seemed somewhat superflouous at the time it has been helpful. Then I went and majored in English and during my course in "How to Teach English Grammar" I found out that teaching grammar was old hat, over-rated, beside the point. In that course we were allowed to grade ourselves, and that was at Ohio State when that just wasn't done. I don't know if I learned anything in that course except one very important thing: how to teach creatively!
All this is entirely beside the point here.
by Gorette on Mon May 12, 2008 at 11:49:44 AM PDT
The icing on any good conversation.
by Gooch on Mon May 12, 2008 at 12:37:54 PM PDT
One fix, it's "withering in the throes of irrelevance."
(-7.00, -5.18) Hopelessly pedantic since 1963.
by admiralh on Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:59:39 AM PDT
Just BRILLIANT ... you hit the nail on the head, and this was my favorite passage .....
Barack Obama has been fighting back. He has been consistently demonstrating something I have believed lost in our political dialogue. He has been showing a complete unwillingness to answer the "boxer or briefs" question. He has been unwilling to paint himself as less than a brilliant, sophisticated, knowledgeable statesman in the making. And he has left the old political operatives, and the candidates they handle, withering in the throes of irrelevance. Barack Obama's New Politics is really an old politics. A politics that values dignity, intelligence, and skill at framing issues. A politics appropriate to an America that must regain its role on the world stage, again. It's a politics that pre-dates the cable 24/7 bombardment of opinion formation and pandering to their view of voters as mindless boobs, easily manipulated by innuendo, and manufactured outrage. And the political commentariat has not quite figured that out, as yet. They have watched every power play they have called into life, hoping to control the national consciousness, fail. They have misread, misunderstood, and mis-diagnosed every twist and turn as we have watch this epic struggle between old machine politics, and the new politics of the people, erupt on the national stage.
Barack Obama has been fighting back. He has been consistently demonstrating something I have believed lost in our political dialogue. He has been showing a complete unwillingness to answer the "boxer or briefs" question. He has been unwilling to paint himself as less than a brilliant, sophisticated, knowledgeable statesman in the making. And he has left the old political operatives, and the candidates they handle, withering in the throes of irrelevance.
Barack Obama's New Politics is really an old politics. A politics that values dignity, intelligence, and skill at framing issues. A politics appropriate to an America that must regain its role on the world stage, again. It's a politics that pre-dates the cable 24/7 bombardment of opinion formation and pandering to their view of voters as mindless boobs, easily manipulated by innuendo, and manufactured outrage.
And the political commentariat has not quite figured that out, as yet. They have watched every power play they have called into life, hoping to control the national consciousness, fail. They have misread, misunderstood, and mis-diagnosed every twist and turn as we have watch this epic struggle between old machine politics, and the new politics of the people, erupt on the national stage.
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~ if you're not outraged then you're not paying attention~move sooner, not faster~ ~for those with eyes to see, let them see~
~we study the old to understand the new~from one thing know ten thousand~to see things truly one must see what is in the light and what lies hidden in shadow~
by ArthurPoet on Mon May 12, 2008 at 09:30:29 AM PDT
Great diary Granny doc. One of the reasons that I am such a great Gore fan is that he is a statesman with dignity and class. Enough integrity not to stoop to the level of most other politicians.
Obama has those same qualities, and it really gives me hope for the next coming years for our country.
...strength is not without humility. It's weakness and untreatable disease, and war is always the choice of the chosen who will not have to fight. Bono
by Peperpatch on Mon May 12, 2008 at 09:34:31 AM PDT
dignity and integrity.
I loved the way GD put it:
He has been unwilling to paint hi
