What attracted me to Senator Obama’s candidacy wasn’t that he was going to evolve into some kind of liberal messiah who I would agree with all the time. He never really made any promises of that sort, and it was clear…that Senator Obama wasn’t entirely in line with what are generally considered to be netroots or progressive causes. Rather, he’s always been the pragmatic liberal whose every slogan and statement — often employing the collective pronoun “we” — seeks common ground between deep blue and blood red.
(There’s still a clear difference between a pragmatic liberal and a pragmatic conservative
»How Canada stole the American Dream “The numbers are in. Compared to the U.S., we work less, live longer, enjoy better health and have more sex. And get this: now we’re wealthier too.” (via azspot)
They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I’m going to miss mine by just a few days
(Garrison Kiellor (via prospekt) (via doqrs)