Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit DiscussionIn a time of the spring, old paths are obscured and new growth begins.
Barack Obama has got the endorsement of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The hometown newspaper explains,
Who wants to relive the soap operas of the 1990s?
Bill Clinton says his wife excelled at “making positive changes in other people’s lives.” Consider that construction. Then listen as Obama talks of bringing people together to change their own lives.
America needs a fresh start. Barack Obama is the Democrat to provide it.
Ohio Treasurer Richard Cordray has also endorsed Barack Obama, and was out in Youngstown campaigning for him yesterday.
Obama has the endorsement of Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman too.
Of course, the endorsement that matters is the endorsement of Ohio’s voters, and that won’t be given for another two weeks.




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February 19th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Well, one of those reasons to support Obama is pretty empty, and the other reason to support Obama is irresponsible. The first reason, “Soap operas,” is an argument that reduces politics to a reality show, reruns of which the Cleveland Plain Dealer doesn’t want to sit through again. Well, boo hoo, Plain Dealer, why don’t you just turn off the tube, then? The second reason supposes that government’s job is to do nothing more than tell people to suck it up and get to work. It’s a libertarian argument that supposes government has nothing to do for people. You know, like people who’ve been hit by tornadoes, or people who were born prematurely, or junk like that. Should such people just suck it up and “help themselves”, or do we have some responsibility to help one another? What a stupid and selfish endorsement by the Plain Dealer.