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It seems like just last week when I posted last. Actually, it was last week. It’s just that I’ll never get a superaction hero named after me if I don’t feed the blog on a regular basis. Secretly, my aim for this blog was to have someone - could be a cartoon, feature film, or episode of the Colbert Report- say “This is a job for… Alt Hippo.”
Basically, the last week has been a series of grass-roots DC kind of events, starting with Spencer Ackerman’s appearance at the local Liberal Fascism Beer Hall Putsch. Then a South Carolina Primary/Torchwood watch party at my place, and finally SOTU7: The End of an Error, with our good friends at The Seminal. The latter was accompanied by a bubbly Matt Stoller, popping up to applaud every Bush line. Matt’s funny that way.
So, Giulliani dropped out. That’s good. Now Edwards dropped out. That’s not good, but expected. Here’s what I think it all means. In my opinion, Ted Kennedy endorsed Obama expecting Edwards to drop out. Heck, he may have even had a hand in coordinating the move. People like my mother who’ve experienced the US before the Civil Rights Act, and even before Brown vs. the Board of Education, don’t think Obama can be elected. People like me don’t have the unpleasant experience of that particular historical context to inform my views. I think Obama can win against McCain, who were all pretty sure is going to edge out Mittens. So, Ted Kennedy’s endorsement is meant to reassure people like my mother in a post-Edwards campaign that Obama really can win.
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hip·po·pot·a·mus n. A notion, perhaps distinct from conventional wisdom, that needs to be verified by reality-based scrutiny.
95. Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum (I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.)
— Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
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We're asking you to put some of the money you plan to give Obama "in escrow" until he demonstrates progressive leadership on the issues we care about, like warrantless wiretapping. [Link]
The report notes that the administration has gone to “unprecedented lengths to control and suppress information about the human cost” of the wars. [Link]
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