If I had told you in November 2007 that in exactly one year ( Read more... )

"Now this sort of [irrational exuberance] will wane in a while, because the realities of power will cause Obama to make choices that will disappoint a lot of people."    - Bill Moyers speaking to Terry Gross on "Fresh Air", 11/5/08 ( Read more... )

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What my friend Desiree is doing with her PhD
out there in Wisconsin:

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"Hey sweetie, it's Mom. I just wanted to call and share one little second with you about, you know, on this historic night ( Read more... )

"We’re hoping he picks an idiot as vice president."

- Mike Sweeney, head writer on "Late Night with Conan O’Brien", on the difficulties of satirizing Barack Obama.

(the original article can be found here)

MoveOn.org presents: Obama in 30 Seconds

It's funny that the winning ad I don't care too much for, but all the others I love. And the playground one makes me misty-eyed. sigh

My fave:

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And my second fave (no, not the misty-eyed one):

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So how exactly did we hold elections before YouTube? I can't remember... ;-)

Overheard last autumn in Maryland:
Barack Obama isn’t a threat to the U.S., is he?

(If that link doesn't work for you, I got it from here.)