CNN:
Paul Street, author of the forthcoming book, “Barack Obama and the Future of American Politics,” says Obama risks becoming an Oval Office version of talk-show host Oprah Winfrey. She and former Secretary of State Colin Powell are African-American figures whose popularity allows some white Americans to congratulate themselves for not being racist, he says.
Damn. There goes my planned “White-people-high-fiving-in-the-streets-to-celebrate-the-end-of-all-racism-when-Obama-wins Extravadanza!” I already ordered banners and buttons.
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Maybe he’ll give all of us new cars.
Posted 22 Jul 2008 at 13:26 ¶How’s he going to get all those keys under all those couch cushions for his “Everybody gets a car!” inaugural address?
Posted 22 Jul 2008 at 14:24 ¶Maybe he’ll invite Tom Cruise into the Oval Office and allow him to jump on the couches?
Posted 23 Jul 2008 at 08:43 ¶Post a Comment