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These are the people in my neighborhood, #4
Some guy at the Beverly Hills Starbucks just recommended I take my dog “squirrel hunting.”this is how suspicious I am of everything now
Does anyone else think this Jesse Jackson thing might have been staged? I mean, what a way to disassociate Obama from his blackness — make him appear to be the persona non grata of an activist black leader. Note also the sly inclusion of the fact that Obama supports a faith-based initiative, and the “coincidence” that he made the comment during an appearance on a Fox affiliate. Also, Jackson whispered directly into his microphone, and repeated the statement. I can’t help but think this was intentional and targeted at white Christian conservatives still afraid of voting for a black man. “If Jesse Jackson doesn’t like him, maybe he’s not that bad!”
Or maybe it’s just because President Bartlett pulled this stunt on West Wing once, and now I think all campaign-related off-mike statements are fake.
Ron English’s “Abraham Obama,” causing a stir in Boston. What’s with the eyepatch?
turns out, she was referring to the video I posted below, not two hours ago. later on in the chat she told me, “tumblr makes you stupid.”
Overheard just now outside my office window
“You stole a skateboard man, why would you run with it?”I’m not here to make friends. I’m here to win. And to be with Flav.
“ Life is only interesting to you if it contains the maximum resemblance to the mythic drama which you perceive within and which you strive, in your own way, to express. If words are your chosen medium, they are only lenses for you, meant to invoke deeper perceptions in the reader or listener.
Psychological Horoscope for Barack Obama, by Liz Greene.
Possibly related news story: Obama to become first candidate since JFK to deliver nomination acceptance speech in a football stadium, on the 45th anniversary of MLK’s “I have a dream” speech.
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
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Happy 4th, Americans!
Dear Obama: Get your fucking act together
Is he really losing critical support from his base? Will you not vote for Obama in November because he supported telecom immunity? Seriously?
Well, I’ll still vote for Obama, sure — there’s not much he can do to change that — but if this sort of following-the-polls in lieu of leading-through-vision becomes a trend, I will certainly become less inclined to volunteer, contribute, fundraise, and canvas like I did during the primaries. I mean, this is exactly the kind of politicking Obama always presented himself to be against. We all believed he was a game-changer, but flip-flopping on a policy issue so soon after winning the nomination reeks of the usual bullshit. It always seemed to me that Obama’s Internet fundraising machine was powered by the inspiration of people who thought they had an actual leader in the Senator from Illinois. If that leadership turns out to be a mirage, so might his cashflow, followed by the evaporation of his 50 state strategy.
I’d hate for Obama to become nothing more than the first black president. I always believed in the possibility of him transcending race and politics all at the same time. But maybe I’m just a sucker.