Did you hear those questions they asked him at the end of the address? I was flabbergasted. They were so ignorant as to be insulting and that is sad because the ones doing the asking had generated the questions out of a sense of their own goodness. After all, if they were good and felt swept up in broad brush-strokes of condemnation aimed at their country (i.e. who they are..as far as one primary identification goes) their questions are code for “Am I not good?” The entire dialog between Wright...

ppatt

The recent address by Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club has generated discussion in religious circles that are as wide and varied as what you see in the population at large. A near majority of members in white congregations of more liberal denominations are sympathetic of Wright and register understanding of his message while many pulpits in fundamentalist churches are occupied by ministers who cannot heap enough condemnation on Wright as if he were the devil incarnate.

Here is the link to the complete address including Q&A following the address....

ppatt

If you can credit the Clintons with nothing, at least imagine what America would like without those eight years. They held the Right, more or less at bay for two terms. No mean feat, in this era of legions of politically active, yet politically ignorant Right wing radio listeners, euphemism as weaponry, and outright political sabotage.

And that's just the stuff that's out in the open. These are the weapons they don't even bother to cloak anymore. The things that are still worthy of...

babylonDon

Clinton was unexpected, by Repubs and Dems alike. Certainly by me. I knew little about him, until he had all but sewn up the nomination. In the Ill. primaries, I think I voted for Paul Simon, a gutsy liberal, a great speaker and trustworthy man, of unfortunate looks, unelectable in the era of the blow-dried and photo-op accessible.

Clinton had charisma, He had charm, he had a twinkle in his eye, and a quick look of grave concern, when needed. He spoke of hope, and he was a Rhodes...

babylonDon

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.-Fredrich Nietzsche

The 1950's. Chuck Berry, Drive-ins, Dwight Eisenhower, Howdy Doody, and the start of the 2008 Democratic presidential campaign....

No strike that. No one will pay attention to this if you're going to behave like that. But it's been a very long campaign, eh?

In the early 90's, after more...

babylonDon