One More Hurrah
From Eric Alterman’s article on Obama’s victory in the Dec. 1 issue of The Nation:
These Are Better Days
“Barack Obama’s election to the presidency is the greatest electoral moment of my lifetime and unless you were around in 1932 – or perhaps 1860 – yours too …
“How wonderful to have our faith in the very idea of hope fully restored in this way, following eight years of full-throated fearmongering in the service of nothing but cronyism, corruption, ignorance, and arrogance.
“How empowering to learn that the Bush/neocon vision of America has been signed, sealed, and delivered to the ash heap of history.”
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Ash heap, indeed. Though just when one is willing to rejoice, one is forced to remember the Phoenix, and it’s irksome tendency to rise from the ashes. As neat a pile as the current ash hear may be, it is wise to remember that there are always people (and I use the term only in its biological sense) who, like the neocons, are unwilling to eschew their greed and ideology. Eternal vigilance is the price of ash heaps.
Comment by Steve Alber — November 28, 2008 @ 10:45 am
In the preceding comment, please forgive the several egregious typos.
Comment by Steve Alber — November 28, 2008 @ 10:47 am
Those typos are already on the ash heap of history, while the resounding eloquence of your comment reverberates through the eternal skies of destiny. Or sump’n like ‘at.
Comment by Al — November 28, 2008 @ 5:17 pm