Song of the Day

Proof

Jesus was at the beginning.

For Want Of Serious Liberals

Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about something I've been saying for a little more than a year:

I keep meeting lefties who tell me Obama's "too soft" with these guys, and I keep looking at them like they're crazy. I am going to go out on a limb and say that there is something deeper at work here, something beyond the policy fights. I think a lot of us don't just want Obama to be effective, we want him to exact some measure of revenge. It's smart to understand the difference between the two, and moreover, how the desire for one can undermine the other. A section of conservatives love Sarah Palin because she drives liberals crazy. That she drives a lot of other people crazy too, and hence undermines herself, is beside the point.

I'm really happy to see another liberal besides myself recognize this: the Obama presidency cannot be about revenge. Yes, George W. Bush did awful, unforgivable things. Yes, 2000 election was suspect. Yes, liberals have taken a beating for the last thirty years during conservatism's ascendancy. But, just because Republicans did it wrong doesn't mean the President should do it wrong from the other direction. Government can and should help people, that's something liberals can work towards proving in the next four to eight years. It's now going to happen if Pres. Obama abuses conservatives the way Pres. Bush abused liberals. If he does do that, if the President makes this about skewering Republicans rather than working towards lasting solutions to our problems, then liberalism will have failed more miserably than conservatism has.

ODST

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Ever wonder what a shark would sing about?