You're welcome, Mister O'Sullivan! (Truly.)But Mr. Obama is a man as well as a symbol. His personal qualities appeal at least as powerfully as his race to all sorts of Americans.
His Ivy League law background excites educated voters. His stance of "ironic cool" in interviews wows the young. His gentlemanly manners and lithe elegance - he is closer in style to Fred Astaire than to any U.S. politician - charm suburban whites generally and white women in particular.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Heh, so someone at the Globe does read this blog
Thanks to Spirit of the West for pointing out our first unacknowledged contribution to the host organism, from one of the endless rather dull articles today on Obama:
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Wow, so the mainstream press is already stealing from you: the true measure of your blog having arrived.
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