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Barack Hoover Obama - Interesting Essay
I read this piece in Harper's and thought it was very well done, and thought provoking. I actually knew a lot less about Herbert Hoover than I thought I did. Please note that Harper's is a rather liberal leaning magazine, and thus the author is speaking to that audience. Obviously if you are not that audience you are not going to agree with most of his assumptions.
It's still an interesting read for anyone, I think, but not those who can't get past that. The Tease: Quote:
The link: hxxp://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/07/0082562 |
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06-19-2009, 08:31 AM | #2 |
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Dang, have to subscribe to read it
That said, I think there's a lot of truth to that intro. And the sad thing is that I think he could have pulled it off but we're missing a great opportunity. No, not to turn the country into a socialist paradise or whatever some idiots think about his fairly minor changes. But to change a whole swath of bad and destructive policies on a number of issues. It's still very early, but unfortunately, he seems more and more content to be Bill Clinton than actually change things substantially for the better. SI
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06-19-2009, 08:41 AM | #3 |
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Oh crap, I didn't realize I could see it just 'cause I had a subscription, I wouldn't have linked to it.
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06-19-2009, 08:46 AM | #5 |
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I guess the only thing I could do is cut and paste the whole article. Here are a couple links with some of the text.
hxxp://hnn.us/roundup/comments/92772.html hxxp://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/06/hbc-90005235 hxxp://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/6/15/13242/7788 |
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