Posts Tagged ‘election’

obama 1, prejudice 0

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

The national achievement last night defies words of any consecration or commemoration. Finally this country sees through our legacy of mystifying fear and prejudice. Dreamers, for once, have prevailed.

tuning out the presidential election

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

With a number of contenders sniping for visibility and sound bites, the presidential primaries proved far more interesting than the two-candidate race we now witness in the months leading to the November election.  I admit the change we seek from that last seven years of Bush administration incompetence, nepotism and deception - may not amount to the dramatic policy sweep our country merits.

Yet, the choice between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain strikes me as overwhelmingly obvious.