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Obama: The New Great Compromiser

August 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Sorry, I can’t help myself.  Don’t read this.  Stop right now.
You’re still reading.  Stop.  It’s just my own political whining.
Fine.  Whatever.  Read.  I don’t care.
Remember Henry Clay?  No?  JFK said he was one of the five greatest senators of all time.  Why?  Compromise.  Lincoln (a senator from Illinois, no less) thought Clay was awesome.  Those [...]

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Is Lying Required in Politics? or Et tu Obamay?

July 14th, 2008 · 8 Comments

WARNING: This has nothing whatsoever to do with gardens, food, or chickens.
I’ve been an Obama supporter from early on.  I was impressed with his willingness to step up in his first term to oppose the war and stick to that position.  I was impressed when he started actually making nuanced statements about race relations and [...]

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