Must Reads: Obama in ‘08! Shiite v. Sunni, On Southern Hospitality, and a Family Feud

Posted by Freddie on October 20, 2006 under Uncategorized |

• “The Fresh Face”, by Joe Klein (Time)

  Oprah wants him. Paul Waldman wants him. And now Time does a cover story on him. Liberadio(!) wants him, too! Barack Obama for president already!

• “What’s the dif?”, by Jake Tapper (Political Punch, ABC News)

  Jake Tapper wonders whether a little dose of the history of Islam might help our clueless political leaders stop stepping in Shiite and then sticking their feet in their mouth.

• “Terms of endearment”, by Garrison Keillor (Salon)

  The host of A Prairie Home Companion wonders why our hospitality continues to yield such inhospitable leaders.

• “Republican Woes Lead to Feuding by Conservatives”, by David D. Kirkpatrick (New York Times)

  Conservatives are engaging in another pre-emptive strike… on themselves! Surprisingly, Dick Armey seems to want James Dobson to focus on his own damn family.