tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post3032395799662246633..comments2023-10-31T03:58:32.056-07:00Comments on Empathic Rationalist: Daniel Spirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09656412977046134771noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-47812119271271892232008-04-24T02:04:00.000-07:002008-04-24T02:04:00.000-07:00Betty,I'd rather respond to your comment directly ...Betty,<BR/><BR/>I'd rather respond to your comment directly than Youngman's. I appreciate that you and others -- including a significant portion of the black community -- were onto something that I wasn't with respect to Barack's chances. But I'm keeping the faith. While I can't guarantee victory, I can guarantee that there is something very different in the air this year than there was when McGovern or Stevenson ran for President.<BR/><BR/>Barack's licking his wounds today, but people (Youngman notwithstanding) still very much respect and admire the way he has run his campaign. Sure, the "bitter" comments were stupid, but that stupidity was comparatively mild relative to what other mere mortals have done in the course of campaigns.<BR/><BR/>Barack needs to step it up again, I'll grant you that. But just as Hillary's fans have learned not to count her out, I'm not going to count him out either. I maintain that he is the greatest political talent of the bunch, and that talent goes a long way in a country that is as at least trying to be open to Democrats and non-whites. <BR/><BR/>Finally, we're so far from the finish line in this race ... including the race for the nomination. Just stay patient and keep hopeful. There are as many opportunities for success here as failure. In that sense, it's rather like life itself.<BR/><BR/>(In a couple of hours, I'll be on a plane to Stanford -- I'll say 'hi' to it for both you and Youngman.)Daniel Spirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656412977046134771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-44633787579053120072008-04-23T23:24:00.000-07:002008-04-23T23:24:00.000-07:00Remember when I told you I was afraid to hope? Thi...Remember when I told you I was afraid to hope? This is exactly the sort of problem(s) I was worried about...Betty Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155852272383173880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32924329.post-31804675835850128812008-04-23T21:18:00.000-07:002008-04-23T21:18:00.000-07:00Danny,I'm amazed Jules and Evie didn't send you to...Danny,<BR/><BR/>I'm amazed Jules and Evie didn't send you to the moyl as Adlai Albert.<BR/><BR/>Adlai is the man that you most prominently failed to mention (another son of that great state of Illinois). Failing that, Henry Wallace. He's the example...you diminish MLK and JFK by making the comparison (maybe not JFK, he would never have become President unless his Daddy was willing to spend his fortune, in great measure earned by bootlegging Hillary's favorite quaff, Crown Royal, during Prohibition). <BR/><BR/>At least McGovern had enough courage to conduct 25 bombing raids over Nazi Germany in a B-24....something neither Adlai or Barry every did......<BR/><BR/>Makes it easier to mock his 37.<BR/><BR/>I'm ever more confident i'll be sipping vodkas along with the McCains/Liebermans and possibly Clintons on the 1st Tuesday of November.<BR/><BR/>The cult is going to kill the party again :)- Go Barry! The Inmates have made u the elocutional king of the asylum lol.<BR/><BR/>TYoungManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17340487788178787173noreply@blogger.com