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    Editorial - Gov. Palin’s Worldview - Editorial - NYTimes.com
    0 starsderek | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 13 2008 | palin, news, op-ed, election
    Editorial - Gov. Palin’s Worldview - Editorial - NYTimes.com

    Quoted: The interviews made clear why Americans should worry about Ms. Palin’s thin résumé and lack of experience. Consider her befuddlement when Mr. Gibson referred to President Bush’s “doctrine” and her remark about having insight into Russia because she can see it from her state.

    Quoted: But that is not what troubled us most about her remarks — and, remember, if they were scripted, that just means that they reflect Mr. McCain’s views all the more closely. Rather, it was the sense that thoughtfulness, knowledge and experience are handicaps for a president in a world populated by Al Qaeda terrorists, a rising China, epidemics of AIDS, poverty and fratricidal war in the developing world and deep economic distress at home.

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    Op-Ed Columnist - What the Palin Pick Says - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
    0 starsderek | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 03 2008 | news, politics, mccain, palin, op-ed
    Op-Ed Columnist - What the Palin Pick Says - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com

    Quoted: The Sarah Palin pick allows John McCain to run the way he wants to — not as the old goat running against the upstart, but as the crusader for virtue against the forces of selfishness.

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    A President Like My Father - New York Times
    0 starsderek | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 27 2008 | politics, news, op-ed, barack obama
    A President Like My Father - New York Times

    Quoted: We need a change in the leadership of this country — just as we did in 1960. We have that kind of opportunity with Senator Barack Obama.

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    Radical Love Gets a Holiday - New York Times
    5 starsderek | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 24 2008 | news, op-ed, sarah vowell, mlk
    Radical Love Gets a Holiday - New York Times

    Vowell, brilliant as always.

    Quoted: There’s a pleasing symmetry in Ronald Reagan forking over a day to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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    The Pessimism Deficit - New York Times
    0 starsderek | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 19 2006 | sarah vowell, op-ed, funny, politics
    The Pessimism Deficit - New York Times

    Sarah Vowell is hilarious, I really have to pick up her last book.

    Quoted: My go-to worldview is pessimism. I see a Times Square billboard promoting a musical that has its audience "dancing in the aisles" and I can't help but think, "That is a fire hazard."

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    The Seattle Times: Opinion: Forgive me for sitting out the War on Christmas
    0 starsderek | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 25 2005 | christianity, christmas, op-ed, news
    The Seattle Times: Opinion: Forgive me for sitting out the War on Christmas

    Well put.

    Quoted: Some of the earliest Christians were stoned for their beliefs. In some parts of the world today, Christianity is a crime punishable by death. And the AFA is feeling persecuted because a salesclerk says "Happy holidays"?

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