Obama’s transition website has a job application section. I really, really hope they’ll need a young inexperienced almost-architect.
I LOVE MY COUNTRY.
For half my life, a Bush has been in the White House. For a third of my life, the second Bush has been driving my country into the ground, and all I did was stand idly and watch.
Now, in one fell swoop, Republican tactics of divide and conquer are obsolete. Confidence in the American process, our unique ability to heal the greatest of tragedies, has been restored. Greatest of all, Obama has made it okay to be optimistic. After a decade of cynical, sardonic, pessimistic American culture, he’s made it okay to hope.
The next four years are going to be a bumpy, harsh time—for our economy, for our society, for everything we are. With Obama at the head, I look forward to it. We’re privileged to be alive here, now, an amazing time half a century in the making.
These days, I seem to spend more time sending out mass emails than writing in this blog. That’s too bad because I like this thing.
Surprisingly, given the events of the past week, Palin more or less held her own—she used complete sentences, copious winks, and the word “maverick” to satisfactory effect.
Then there’s Joe Biden, who owned almost every issue and every rebuttal. Unlike Palin, he always answered the damn question—directly, concisely, with copious evidence and a rhetorical right hook. He was firm, responsive, and always clearly knew exactly what he was talking about. Frankly, he did a better job than Obama did last week. His only potential flaw is that the camera caught him smirking at Palin a few too many times, which might have turned off some of our more delicate, otherwise completely deaf independent voters.
Honestly it wasn’t a particularly exciting debate—all Obama has to do is hold on to his lead, so he played it calmly and cautiously. I waited patiently for Obama to bust McCain’s head into the ground with the steely hammer of reason, but alas that’s just not our guy’s style.
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