Are we in the worst of political times? (Obama)
May 13th, 2008 | Published in History, Quotes, Politics | 2 Comments
I like Obama’s balance and perspective here.
When Democrats rush up to me at events and insist that we live in the worst of political times, that a creeping fascism is closing its grip around our throats, I may mention the internment of Japanese Americans under FDR, the Alien and Sedition Acts under John Adams, or a hundred years of lynching under several dozen administrations as having been possibly worse, and suggest we all take a deep breath.
—Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope (2006), p. 21
May 13th, 2008 at 8:56 am (#)
Go, Obama!
May 13th, 2008 at 6:02 pm (#)
I hear much of the same. People like to think the world is in chaos, the end is near, and it’s all going downhill “real quick, real soon”. These are the sort of people who are nostalgic for “good ol’ days” that never really were and “more innocent times” where “innocence” was confused with ignorance and naivete.