*long

"submerge your ego
stick with it
remain invested
lift me up
move forward
pull me across the finish line
work hard
there was just a good ...a good...
nobody thought we could do it
collective flash in the pan......you kids, y'know, I hope you understand your achievement....move in a new direction..... y'know....we have to win"

Like, y'know, you we're gonna win before it started, Chicago, no one "wins" who's not supposed to, so let's pretend we're all surprised, like we pretend at the polls, that it matters who votes for who......

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"...and I furthermore declare, siftbot and meatsacks, that if I'm elected.......that there will be Twwwwooooooo rabbits, in every pot!!"

Awesome, what a mensch. That community organizer DNA is what this country needs, not "I'm gonna run you down in my SUV" fearmongering that's the credo of the GOP.

Dare to hope, don't listen to the cynics.

"Because after watching the clip above, my impression is that the Good One is exactly that: good. That is, he is good at his job, which is all you can ask of anyone. More precisely, he talks like a competent manager. If I was working in at a startup and I had a boss who gave pep talks this good, I'd feel quite comfortable with the administration. Management is more than just talk, but can you call the Obama campaign anything but a successful operation? The graphic design alone is brilliant.

There is only one problem: this outfit is very good at winning presidential elections. We have no reason to think it is any good at anything else. The candidate is a great presidential candidate. He will probably be a good president, too. Of course, that is to say he will be good at reading his lines and pretending to be an 18th-century statesman, which is the job of a US President in 2008. Perhaps we should just write in Paul Giamatti, who I'm sure could act the Good One off the stage.

Moreover, the Nazis had an effective campaign team, too. Plus some pretty good graphic design to go with it. Most people don't know it, but the SS dress uniform was designed by Hugo Boss. If design is your criterion, the Third Reich was the best government of the century. In fact, even if architecture is your criterion, I will take Nazi architecture over progressive architecture, any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

And since the quality of architecture is indeed a good rule of thumb on which to judge the general quality of government, this is worrisome indeed. But all it means is that the case is an exception to the rule. Like anyone with any sense, I'd rather be governed by progressives than by Nazis."