Archive for January 2008
All Hail the Messiah Obama (4 of 4): Unity
Posted by: duckandgather on: January 9, 2008
The theme of this four-part blog series is: I want Obama to win the presidency, but I’m not so sure I like the guy. In the previous posting, I wrote:
In short, me, Peter, doesn’t need a messiah. But I firmly believe that this nation does. And I firmly believe that Obama is that messiah.
As I [...]
All Hail the Messiah Obama (3 of 4): Messiah
Posted by: duckandgather on: January 9, 2008
In the previous two postings of this series, I explained why I passionately favor Mr. Obama for U.S president. There isn’t even a second choice. Not just this year — for at least the past 20 years.
But in this posting, I’m going to explain why I don’t much care for Mr. Obama as a man. [...]
All Hail the Messiah Obama (2 of 4): We the Children
Posted by: duckandgather on: January 9, 2008
Toward the end of Part 1 of this series, I wrote:
[My belief that Mr. Obama sees himself as the messiah] “turns me off” him as man, yet makes me passionately favor him for U.S. president.
Reading closely into that last sentence, you might notice that I am drawing a distinction between myself on the one side, [...]
All Hail the Messiah Obama (1 of 4): Booyah
Posted by: duckandgather on: January 9, 2008
With a title like that for this posting, you might be wondering: Is he pro-Obama or anti-Obama? If so, I would answer your question with another question: Do you mean concerning Obama personally as a man, or Obama for U.S. president?
Let’s start with the second question: Do I favor Obama for U.S. president? I’ll answer [...]
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- duckandgather: Thanks Kathy. I just listened on NPR to a recent speech given by Cornell West. Very moving and passionate. Subject was squarely in the topic of this p
- Kathy Graham: Exactly. It's sad that most people in this world place money as a much higher priority than health. I realize this is a patriarchal analogy, but c
- duckandgather: If Obama didn't clearly stand up against the Right wing and the Health Corporations, as he did in his speech a couple of weeks ago, his staunch suppor
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