Barackman: Year One

Nov 03, 2009 19:36

Hey, remember a year ago, when we'd just elected Black Superjesus Reagan?

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It's a little bittersweet to watch now. As a friend of mine has pointed out, Mr. Obama could dedicate himself to playing World of Warcraft for as many hours as humanly possible and still be a better President than his predecessor. On the other hand, like the bubble whose ( Read more... )

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lhexa December 25 2009, 02:02:02 UTC
Well, I think the Senate passing its health care bill on Christmas Eve shares a bit of the pageantry of the interregnum. It's also worth noting how effectively the debate around that bill has narrowed people's perspectives, replacing a sense of its worth with the frustrations of its weekly travails -- it very effectively stripped away much of the initial optimism.

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