friday’s blurb

I awoke this morning to discover that President Barack Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize. The news shocked many, including his ardent supporters like myself. I believe this disbelief has arisen because the Right has contaminated this country's political atmosphere so badly that even the President's supporters have forgotten that the Commander In Chief is a source of admiration – and hope – the world over. Indeed, President Obama's vision has been obfuscated by the dreadfully slow machine that is Washington, D.C., but his signature is the sole source from which broad national and international change can come.

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