Given the way the two presidential hopefuls ran their races, the real
divide in the US seems not so much to be that of race any more but
that between those who seek intelligent, curious, learned leadership &
those who take pride in their ignorance. That it remains such a close
race between those two Americas is still rather frightening. Palin's
proud ignorance of what fruit fly experimentation has meant for 80
years or so is truly shocking. And she was continually applauded for
such a stance.
Obama steps into a political Augeian Stable and it will take a long
time for even the best person to clean up such a mess. We can only
wish him the best. That he has a real version of Jesse Jackson's
Rainbow Coalition behind him gives one hope (& did you watch Jackson
in the crowd as Obama spoke?)
Doug
On 5-Nov-08, at 12:29 PM, Roger Day wrote:
> I was watching the round-up interviews tonight and Spike Lee said
> something interesting: if you look at the audiences for Palin &
> McCain, they're all white, but for Obama they're mixed. Sure enough, I
> watched Obama's speech - and boy can he speak - and the audience was
> mixed. I then watched McCain's resignation speech - which was quite
> graceful btb and at odds with his campaign invective that I've seen in
> the 100 x 150 square - and sure enough, a white audience throughout.
> It was almost a different planet.
Douglas Barbour
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other than those 12 particles. And we have very little idea what the
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