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Just about every story written about Rahm Emanuel since Barack Obama selected him to serve as White House chief of staff has described him as the tough Chicago operative who became the consummate Washington insider. But how sensitive will the bulldog at Mr. Obama’s gate be to New York interests?
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Steve Kornacki - National
Something funny happened last week: A liberal Democrat from Chicago, running on a ticket with a liberal from Delaware, won the White House by a comfortable margin. And while Barack Obama did actually win three states in the South, his triumph should do away with the notion that a “Southern strategy” is essential to the Democratic Party’s long-term viability at the presidential level.
Syndicate
All you need to know
1) Ayers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-45A6I-N5I
2) Ayers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEeHl0h3NBo
3) Acorn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vJcVgJhNaU
4) Coke vs Diet Coke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJUKHJ2mSnM
And there you have, the whole story...
All you need to know
1) Ayers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-45A6I-N5I
2) Ayers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEeHl0h3NBo
3) Acorn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vJcVgJhNaU
4) Coke vs Diet Coke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJUKHJ2mSnM
And there you have, the whole story...
Right on target
LOL! funny and very, very apt!
Every now and then, you hear about some poor sick guy who joins a volunteer fire department, then goes around setting fires for the thrill of putting them out. I'm not so sure McCain isn't in that category!
Egregious Errors of Epistemological Excess
I find the whole debate about William Ayers rather interesting, in that so much time, so many column inches, and, judging by what Mr. Powell has posted, so much propaganda video has been devoted to someone so completely irrelevant to the issue of whether or not Mr. Obama or Mr. McCain is to be preferred for President.
Yes, Mr. Obama knew, and perhaps even knows(!) William Ayers. So? I'm not exactly sure in what way that bears on Mr. Obama's fitness for the Presidency. In that regard, his association is certainly less odious than that of Mr. McCain with the late, great swindler Charles Keating.
Yes, Mr. Obama was one of several lawyers representing ACORN during a voter-access lawsuit in 1995. Of course, co-plaintiff with ACORN was a little-known group called The Justice Department, and the plaintiffs won their case. Big Deal.
What is perplexing, troubling, and perhaps the downfall of American "democracy" is that it is much more difficult to make an affirmative argument for one's candidate, than it is to construct a negative argument against one's opponent. If simple guilt-by-association were to rule the day, it is difficult to imagine that anyone at any time in American history would be able to ascend to the highest of offices unsullied.
At the end of the day, Mr. Obama's acquaintances with William Ayers and ACORN, and yes, even Mr. McCain's association with Charles Keating, are far less relevant to their respective desirability as President than, say, who is more likely to be a competent, thoughtful Chief Executive, Chief Diplomat, and Commander In Chief as prescribed by the Constitution. If George W. Bush's presidency has taught us anything, it is that a neglect of the former two Presidential duties can only lead to failure and, what's worse, irrelevance in the execution of the latter.
On voit, alors, on s'engage!
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