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nytimes.com - 11/2/2008

Op-Ed Columnist - Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

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AND so: just how far have we come? As a rough gauge last week, I watched a movie I hadn’t seen since it came out when I was a teenager in 1967. Back then “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” was Hollywood’s idea of a stirring call for racial justice. The premise: A young white woman falls madly in ...

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nytimes.com - 11/7/2008

Op-Ed Columnist - The Obama Agenda

— nytimes.com — Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, is a date that will live in fame (the opposite of infamy) forever.... If the election of our first African-American president didn’t stir you, if it didn’t leave you teary-eyed and proud of your country, there’s something wrong ... (more) Op-Ed Columnist - The Obama Agenda

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nytimes.com - 11/7/2008

Op-Ed Columnist - Change I Can Believe In

— nytimes.com — I have dreams. I may seem like a boring pundit whose most exotic fantasies involve G.A.O. reports,... but deep down, I have dreams. And right now I’m dreaming of the successful presidency this country needs. I’m dreaming of an administration led by ... (more) Op-Ed Columnist - Change I Can Believe In

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nytimes.com - 10/26/2008

Op-Ed Columnist - In Defense of White Americans

— nytimes.com — IT seems like a century ago now, but it was only in 2005 that a National Journal... poll of Beltway insiders predicted that George Allen, then a popular Virginia senator, would be the next G.O.P. nominee for president. George who? Allen is now ... (more) Op-Ed Columnist - In Defense of White Americans

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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... introduced her liberal-ish parents to her intended in 1959. But what’s most startling about this archaic film is the sole element in it that proves inadvertently contemporary. Faced with a black man in the mold of the Poitier character — one who appears “so calm” and without “tensions” — white liberals can make utter fools of themselves. When Joe Biden spoke of Obama being “clean” and “articulate,” he might have been recycling Spencer Tracy’s lines of 41 years ago. . . . Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/opinion/02rich.html?r... [image]

Why McCain Will Win
Jon Swift — ... Women love a bad boy and there was a time when Obama seemed exciting and even a little dangerous, the kind of guy girls would like to bring home to their parents just to scare them. But as the campaign wore on, Obama seemed less and less enthralling. Women began to realize that his cool façade wasn’t keeping a lid on roiling depths of passion; it was just hiding more and more layers of cool. After a while he began to seem so safe and reassuring that women started to get bored with him. And then they took a look at McCain. They realized that he was reckless and impetuous and oh ...

Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos — Sunday Pundits! The Guardian: Though we lack the vote, this is our election too. Such statements outrage many Americans and inspire others. But the rest of the world has not just lived this election. Our life chances and societies will also be shaped by what happens next Tuesday. Guess who we endorse? And it ain't the disasta from Alaska. Frank Rich: And so: just how far have we come? Maureen Dowd: The McCain campaign specializes in erratica, while the Obama ...

Sunday reading: Late polls
Ben Smith's Blog — Montanaro says Mason-Dixon is trending well for Obama. Blumenthal whacks Zogby. Nate Silver sees it tightening, but just a little. Obama makes trouble for an Omaha GOP congressman. He does a black radio spot for a Louisiana Dem. Frank Rich recalls the University of Hawaii angle in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." The Times takes a stab at answering a central question: Will traditional black non-voters vote? If Obama were white, and McCain black, in a New York adman's ...

Townhall.com Staff: What's Hot Monday?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... Inquirer: Democratic Era Coming? Possibly Not Los Angeles Times: 5 Found Dead Near the 405 in Long Beach CNN: Def Jam Exec Dies of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Slate: If Obama Loses, Who Gets Blamed? Chicago Tribune: Your Guide to the Obama Grant Park Rally New York Post: Great Sex Before Long Lockup Newsweek: But Words Will Never Hurt Me FOX News: U.S. Navy Intercepts Ballistic Missile Shot From Hawaii Base New York Times: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Boston Globe: Palin Takes Prank Call from Fake French President On ...

Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go
The Sideshow — ... What does that mean? Well, think about it: There was an actual communist movement in America during the depression. Roosevelt was facing general strikes when he came into office; Obama will be facing keyboards. Whose going to make them bring this "Change" we've been hearing so much about? "Electioneering Republican Style" - Tom Legg rounds-up a few stories of GOP dirty tricks, including the voting machines in West Virginia that are flipping Obama votes to McCain. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" - Frank Rich watched an old movie and considers the election ...