A Year of Obama: From "Yes, We Did!", to "What Have We Wrought?!"
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I remember the live-posting and running threads from some of my Facebook friends last January 20. Oohs, aahs, feeling as though the universe had aligned, maligning jokes on the outgoing administration, pull quotes from the inauguration speech, and on, and on, and on. I am all for savoring victory, so I let them have their fest without commentary. But the pragmatist in me knew that the proof would be in the actual wearing of the big pants, not in the campaigning, the posturing and the speeches that garnered their possession.
A Year of Obama: From "Yes, We Did!", to "What Have We Wrought?!"
A Year of Obama: From "Yes, We Did!", to…
A Year of Obama: From "Yes, We Did!", to "What Have We Wrought?!"
I remember the live-posting and running threads from some of my Facebook friends last January 20. Oohs, aahs, feeling as though the universe had aligned, maligning jokes on the outgoing administration, pull quotes from the inauguration speech, and on, and on, and on. I am all for savoring victory, so I let them have their fest without commentary. But the pragmatist in me knew that the proof would be in the actual wearing of the big pants, not in the campaigning, the posturing and the speeches that garnered their possession.