Year: 2008
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPT.
A Few Words About Community Organization
I’d been meaning to post something about the foolish way Obama’s opponents had been criticizing him for his work as a community organizer, but I never got around to it. Maybe now that he’s won, someone will pay attention. Let’s start with Rudy Giuliani’s pompous, sneering performance in this video, complete with bizarrely over-acted befuddlement at… Read more
DOGBLOGGING DEPT.
The First Pet
Last night Obama reaffirmed a promise to his daughters: From the campaign’s onset, he vowed to buy the girls a dog, win or lose. And as he stood before the country as president-elect Tuesday, he announced that America would have a new First Dog come January. “I love you both more than you can imagine,” Obama told… Read more
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPT.
Why Race Now Matters Less
Agitator Radley Balko posted a nice message of pride which got this in the comments: If “we’ve truly moved beyond race”, then no one would be making such a big deal about the US’ first dark-skinned president. I see where that’s coming from, but here’s why making a big deal about this dark-skinned president means we’ve… Read more
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPT.
Who Helped Obama Win?
Friend-of-the-blog Tom McKenna has this to say about the election: With 600 million dollars and an adulatory media, even the #1 leftist in the Senate can become President. Don’t forget the enormous help Obama received from the Republican party, whose new motto these last eight years has been “We’re the party of limited gov—-Oh! Look… Read more
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPT.
Welcome to the Future
Barack Obama is going to piss me off in all kinds of ways over the next four to eight years, but now, in this time of dreams between the election and the inauguration, I’m enjoying the fact that the United States of America is going to have a black president. I see at least three… Read more