Celebrating Historic Disaster
Iowahawk heralds the dawn of a new era, when neither the color of a man’s skin nor his utter unsuitability for the job can keep a man from reaching his dream:
Less than fifty years ago, African-Americans were barred from public universities, restaurants, and even drinking fountains in many parts of the country. On Tuesday we came together and transcended that shameful legacy, electing an African-American to the country’s top job — which, in fact, appears to be his first actual job. Certainly, it doesn’t mean that racism has disappeared in America, but it is an undeniable mark of progress that a majority of voters no longer consider skin color nor a dangerously gullible naivete as a barrier to the presidency.
… as we look out over the wreckage of bankrupt coal companies, nationalized banks, and hyperinflation, we can always look back with sustained pride on the great National Reconciliation of 2008. Call me an optimist, but I like to think when America’s breadlines erupt into riots it will be because of our shared starvation, not the differences in our color.
Whole thing. Iowahawk’s wild, unkempt observations may look like they’ve spent the last three days sleeping under a bridge, and be frightening and smelly up close, but they are conduits of fundamental, irrefutable truth. Much like the drunk who accosts you on a streetcorner and unabashedly proclaims, “I need money for a bottle of Cossack.”
Topics: Obama
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 12:57 am on Friday, November 7, 2008
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November 7th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Priceless.
November 7th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Don’t forget, Jules, you’re still invited to the MRE convention next weekend.
My panel is going to feature SEN Jim Talent (R-Heritage), COL Gian Gentile of USMA and someone from Team Obama on “What’s Next,” in re military affairs.
http://www.militaryreporters.org/whatsnew.html
Don’t forget to renew your membership and get others at the Herald to join, too. You were one of the original members from the embeds of 03. Stay onboard!
November 7th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Iowahawk, awesomely funny as always.
I see he liked your last paragraph so much that he put it up as one of the blurbs on the sidebar. Very nice.