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June 4th, 2008 at 07:01am Pat Cunningham
Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Daily News puts Barack Obama’s successful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.
UPDATE: HERE’s another historical take on Obama’s political feat.
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6 Comments Add your own
1. Millard Fillmore | June 4th, 2008 at 8:46 am
Pat, thank you for posting this link. Partisanship aside, arguments about media coverage aside, this certainly seems a moment to consider — REALLY consider — the historic nature of Sen. Obama’s nomination. When you consider the context, the history, what it MEANS, it’s an incredible moment. I hope I can convey to my children what it truly represents.
2. Mike Carroll | June 4th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Pat-I offer my congratulations on this day allowing the Obama backers to bask in this moment but, as they say, the issue is now joined.
3. Pat Cunningham | June 4th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Millie and Mike: Yeah, it’s truly historic, isn’t it? No matter what happens hereafter, this is a moment most Americans now living will remember, regardless of their political points of view.
4. Menlo Bob | June 4th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Sort of like Colin Powell and Condolezza Rice becoming the first male and female black Secretary of State–only without the holy-rolling press as back-up singers.
5. Millard Fillmore | June 4th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Bob, on this blog of late I have been most critical of the performance of the press. But I gotta say point this out: Powell and Rice are incredible for their accomplishments, but there is a humongous difference between them and Obama. First, the presidency is the most powerful position on earth. More importantly, the VOTERS chose. That’s the difference.
6. Menlo Bob | June 5th, 2008 at 6:55 am
Correction: Roughly half of the Democratic Party voters, and novelty known as ‘the super delagate, caused the party to end up with a candidate devoid of accomplishment. History will note that in their eagerness to elevate skin color as a fill-in for such deficiencies a significant portion of the US population were indifferent to that reality.
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