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Tuesday, January 20, 2009 |
Jan Morris: "Barack Obama has struck what his incomparable mentor Abraham Lincoln once called 'the mystic chords' of the American communal memory and opened a grand symphony in response.
Like most of the greatest American presidents of the past, he has to him some of the transcendental allure of the poet. From Lincoln himself to FDR, the most memorable tenants of the White House have been men of lyric instinct. When a man is poetic as well as kind, possessed at once of mystic appeal and intellectual magnetism, when he has become, in short, an idea, then we may reasonably hope for greatness.
But God knows (if there is one), we may all be wrong."
Why president Obama must allow prosecution of George W. Bush:
12:05:31 PM 
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I guess we are entitled to a day, a week or a month of joy, hope and expectations now that the new President of the United States is installed.
Let's hope the honeymooning continues for at least four years.
Mr. President Obama, a hearty salute to you!
(And George, henceforth a simple denizen of Murka, I'll send you a good book when you are in prison.)
12:28:48 AM
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