Larry Yates | Careful what you say
We have an unprecedented situation in this country, with the election of Barack Obama to the presidency. For some of us, this is a wonderful moment. But we all know that for some Americans, this election result is painful, even hateful.
Given our economic crisis, President Obama and his administration will have plenty of opportunity to show that they are working for the benefit of all Americans. But in these first few months, the raw emotions stirred up by the election are still very much with us. Read more
Stop the Presses Videocast | Still talking about Palin
” The Sarah Palin hysteria is bound to die down at some point soon. Right? Her side did lose on Election Day, after all.
Right?
AFP editor Chris Graham explores the Don’t Believe the Hype that is the Gov. Palin in this week’s installment of “Stop the Presses. Length: 2:31.
David Cox | Notes from the polling place
Before last Tuesday’s election fades totally into memory — not that it will — I’ll share a few observations of various sorts in no particular order …
At least in Lexington, the process of voting went swimmingly. Registrar of Voters Carol Rendleman and the Electoral Board obviously took great pains to make sure it would. They succeeded admirably. Standing outside the polls virtually from their opening to the very last minutes, I didn’t think anyone had to wait more than a half-hour and then only in early morning. By noon and thereafter, voters were in and out in five to ten minutes. I heard of only one glitch, with human error the culprit. Read more
‘Wake up, damn it!’
For the uninitiated, Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene told it like it was in his world on the Washington, D.C., airwaves on WOL during the late 1960s and early 1970s before succumbing to cancer. The ex-con, who described himself in his boss’s word – a miscreant, because it sounded more sophisticated – would no doubt be shocked that his trademark show opener on the D.C. soul music station would be used in conjunction with the Republicans. Don Cheadle more than adequately portrayed Greene in the enjoyable 2007 film “Talk To Me.” Read more
As blue as the Blue Ridge will allow it to be
The Northern Virginia numbers were what turned it Election Night, but don’t be misled by the TV drama that is Election Night. Because Barack Obama wouldn’t have won Virginia if he hadn’t done as well as he did in the Fifth and Sixth congressional districts. Read more
David Reynolds: Who killed the elephant?
Column by David Reynolds
It was not some jackass. No donkey got hold of an elephant gun and shot the aging beast. Rather, it was a self-inflicted wound. It was a suicidal squeeze play – the elephant tried to become a donkey. But voters from the Left Coast to the Atlantic, plus a few in fly over country, were not fooled. They wanted the real thing. The voters wanted real hope for a change. And they got it. They got hope.
What about that Obama-McCain meeting?
Posted by afp on November 15, 2008 · 1 Comment
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