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By purpleonyx - Thursday, November 20th, 2008 at 9:48 AM
P.E.W.S. – Post Election Withdrawal Syndrome
urbandictionary.com
After Obama got elected I became depressed. Not for the usual reasons political junkies get depressed post election. It was a question asked of Tavis Smiley that night that got to me. He was asked if he thought this meant “the issue of race had be more...
By purpleonyx - Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 2:18 PM
“Vote Early – and vote Often”
William Hale Thompson
Lately I've been thinking about Obama's Philadelphia speech. In that speech, he got me to think about the color of my skin in ways I never had before. It afforded me a new paradigm, a new way of thinking about my place in society. It also gave me the best insight into his probl more...
By purpleonyx - Thursday, October 30th, 2008 at 2:39 PM
“They’re basically saying that if you vote for all these democrats, democrats are gonna run the country.”
Chris Hayes, Washington Editor of The Nation
It’s funny how that works. A friend of mine sent me a picture of a house with a Confederate flag flying underneath the traditional American flag. C more...
By purpleonyx - Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 at 2:18 PM
“She doesn’t seem to understand the implications of her own thoughts.”
Peggy Noonan
She does seem to have a clear grasp of her appeal. Republican speechwriter and political pundit David Frum coined the term. Palinized. He defines it as alienating and offending both independents and women who comprise the “g more...
By purpleonyx - Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 at 4:21 PM
“There will be a crisis that will come along on the 21st or 22nd of January that we don’t even know about right now.”
Colin Powell, Oct. 19th 2008
Joe Biden said essentially the same thing a couple of days later to dramatically different effect. Colin Powell’s statement makes clear that it doesn’t make any di more...
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