np congratulations

[David Morris]

Bernard Avishai:

I confess a certain impatience, on this poignant day, with all the
earnest talk about how America achieved something remarkable yesterday
by electing our first African-American president, as if the choice has
been about race all along. I do not mean to diminish an historic
first, like electing a Catholic in 1960; I, too, choked-up when John
Lewis spoke. But relief today is not about Americans choosing an
obviously black man over a white man, which proves we can come to
terms with our past. It is about our choosing an obviously brilliant,
reciprocal man over a thick, cynical one--a man who articulates a
coherent vision of global commonwealth over someone advancing vague,
military patriotism--which proves we can come to terms with our
future.

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11/05/the_content_of_his_character/



On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would love for you to be proven wrong as well.
>
> But after all of the unadulterated bullshit that has disgraced this nation,I
> have to take a moment to revel.
>
> And he can pronounce "nuclear".
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 6:44 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>> It's an incredibly moving moment in American history, when you consider
>> all that's come before, from slavery through the civil rights movement, and
>> all of the institutionalized racism that exists in every facet of American
>> life. But Obama is a pragmatic, centrist politician (he wouldn't have had a
>> chance of being elected, otherwise), and promises to be somewhat of a rehash
>> of the Clinton administration (as his choice of Chief of Staff suggests).
>>  His campaign promises to move troops from Iraq to Afghanistan and possibly,
>> Pakistan, also don't bode well for him as a transformative leader, in terms
>> of his actual policies.  I'd certainly love to be proven wrong, though.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de>
>> >Sent: Nov 5, 2008 3:02 PM
>> >To: Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com>
>> >Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> >Subject: Re: np congratulations
>> >
>> >I have my reservations about Obama, but this is amazing on so many
>> >levels. Congratulations indeed.
>> >
>> >Thomas
>> >
>> >
>> >Otto schrieb:
>> >> you did it ... great!
>> >>
>> >> Otto
>> >>
>> >
>>
>
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