tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post4688280967343827246..comments2023-10-30T19:03:59.225+01:00Comments on David Seaton's News Links: World wearyDavid Seaton's Newslinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-19845106243485259072008-05-11T20:41:00.000+02:002008-05-11T20:41:00.000+02:00Just don't publish my email Jay.Just don't publish my email Jay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-12565797012785368912008-05-11T16:48:00.000+02:002008-05-11T16:48:00.000+02:00Jay,Lincoln and FDR didn't publish their autobiogr...Jay,<BR/>Lincoln and FDR didn't publish their autobiographies before achieving anything of note. And comparing Obama to Ghandi? You've got to be kidding.David Seaton's Newslinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-31038276507650982622008-05-11T15:23:00.000+02:002008-05-11T15:23:00.000+02:00Well, David, now that you’ve got that off your che...Well, David, now that you’ve got that off your chest, how do you feel?<BR/><BR/>You’re absolutely right. All of them cheeky lads and lassies are going to be massively disappointed after they elect Barack and he proves to be, well…just Barack. <BR/><BR/>Then we’ll get to say, “Told ya so.”<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, he might be more than just a flake. Occasionally history offers up a genuinely progressive change agent. Lincoln, Ghandi, FDR come to mind. <BR/><BR/>It just might happen. If it does, you and I will get to enjoy some shadenfreude as we watch all the forces of swinishness that have accumulated in both the Republican and Democratic parties howl and rage. <BR/><BR/>Meanwhiles, all those sweet kids portrayed in that photograph will get to take all the credit and take charge too. <BR/><BR/>Of course, if it doesn’t happen, no skin off our ass, eh?<BR/><BR/>By the way, thanks for publishing my blog address. I’ve had a nice bump in page views and, even better, I got a great email from a very literate guy living in Vieques, Puerto Rico. His name is Robert. Perhaps you’ve heard from him. <BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>Jay SalterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-20103223078767205592008-05-11T00:33:00.000+02:002008-05-11T00:33:00.000+02:00What a gorgeous final papagraph. Thank youWhat a gorgeous final papagraph. Thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-83022953342323863612008-05-10T23:04:00.000+02:002008-05-10T23:04:00.000+02:00I see you bit the bullet. The draw for you, in obs...I see you bit the bullet. The draw for you, in observing and commenting upon the scene is that you enjoy it. I think the next ten years, in the US and around the world will be very entertaining, as in: full of the unexpected, the shocking, the horrifying, the glorious and the dramatic. Obama will fit into that production much better than Hillary or McCain. We need someone with stamina, it's a marathon. As to why the general election will or will not go to him it seems plain that getting out the vote is all that is left now. His organization has the edge on that. <BR/>Says George Will: "“minority” presidents are not unusual. In 1980, when Ronald Reagan carried 44 states and defeated President Jimmy Carter 489-49 in electoral votes, Reagan won the votes of 26.9 percent of American adults. The winners of the 1996, 2000 and 2004 elections received 24 percent, 24.1 percent and 28.2 percent, respectively."<BR/>I see the November race as perhaps a contest, but Obama will win.<BR/>As a political junkie {why else would I be looking at your opinions?} the entertainment values are reaching unprecedented levels and I think they'll stay that way well into 2020.<BR/>Where's the problem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com