Comments on: Obama Hearts The Wire

By: ari

ari — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:04:34 +0000

Indeed. And probably not going to be over for a looong time.

By: Ben Alpers

Ben Alpers — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:49:50 +0000

…or will we, in the future, be making Tom Harkin-Barack Obama comparisons?

I’m not saying this thing’s over, but this thing really isn’t over.

By: ari

ari — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:33:35 +0000

Yes, Rich, I think that’s right. Which is another reason that the Obama-RFK comparisons are rattling me.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:17:40 +0000

RFK was the last presidential candidate, with a chance to win, that truly represented urban America.

By: urbino

urbino — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:35:23 +0000

Hemingway on Faulkner: “He’s alright . . . if you don’t care for syntax.”

By: PigInZen

PigInZen — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:00:16 +0000

At the very least I have the mark of the perfectionist. And all the neuroses of it, too.

By: ari

ari — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:28:54 +0000

If you’re worried about the syntax in that sentence, you really are a newcomer to this blog. Or at least to my posts.

By: PigInZen

PigInZen — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:24:09 +0000

wow, i just read my last comment and man is the syntax in that first sentence poor…

By: PigInZen

PigInZen — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:23:19 +0000

Imagine hearing your father whom your entire life has worn a beard tell it. I had no clue. Of course I said “you’ve never told anybody that?” to which he replied, “yeah, sometimes I do crap like that.” Which is quite true…

Great blog, btw. I’ve only recently found it (can’t remember from where, unfortunately, but you folks are keepers. Thanks for the intriguing content.

By: ari

ari — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:47:55 +0000

That’s one of the sweetest — I’m not sure why — stories I’ve heard in a very long time. I know you directed it to Bitch, but for my part, thanks.