Am I just being cynical in thinking that much of the love being professed for Barack Obama rests a bit too precariously on the fact that he’s an articulate, well-spoken black man with a Great American Novel backstory? Because that’s all you ever hear about him in references to his purportedly being the future of
The Democrats are done.
Kerry concedes, delivering a bad Oscar speech, and once again calls for compromise from Democrats: “America is in need of unity, and longing for a larger measure of compassion.” Instead of rallying the troops and capitalizing on the momentum of an invigorated, if demoralized, left he wants us to play the lamb to the lion
Just read the text of Kerry’s prepared speech – not the transcript of the one actually delivered which varied slightly – and can’t help but think in terms of the poetry slam: 4.8 for content, 3.0 for performance. Which in this image-obsessed, media-driven world, one where George Bush is able to successfully present himself as