Friday, October 31, 2008
Win One for Turner Campbell of Fort Collins, CO.
Voters, Do the Right Thing
Alcuin (735-804),in a letter to Charlemagne
An 11-Year Old and His Classmates
- When Obama said: "I don't think the young people of America are a special interest—they are the future of this country," Turner perked up. He looked as if he were being addressed personally.
- "I'll make this deal with you," the candidate said. "You invest in America, America will invest in you, and together, we will move this country forward."
- It was the beginning of his speech's crescendo, the rhetorical trumpet-flourishing that built to the finale in which he reiterated the promise of America — "you and I, together, will change this country and change this world" — to a generation of its citizens who have never heard it uttered before, at least not outside the dusty confines of a textbook.
One does not have to be a pundit to sense desperation of the McCain-Palin team. It has thrown everything but the proverbial kitchen sink at Barack Obama. To its frustration, the tactics have not worked in halting Obama's lead. Four days before the election, if you believe the polls the race is over and all we need is the fat lady to come out and sing. But the polls don't tell the whole story, and then there is the kitchen sink. Rest assured that the masters of dirty tricks will keep trying.
