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Good-bye Manny and is McCain actually the racist?

It was a terrific run – Manny Ramirez in Boston.  But all good things must come to an end.  Manny is a Dodger now wearing the blue of my childhood heros – Koufax, Drysdale, Podres, Wills etc.   Live long and prosper, Manny.  All you Dodger fans, have fun with him.

Mcain is acusing Obama of playing the race card:  I think it is actually the other way around. I’m thinking back to Doug Wilder’s election to Governor in Virginia when the polls indicated he would win by a comfortable margin and the election turning out to be very close, I get anxious about the election.  Is there still enough residual racism that McCain will be able to play to it?  Is this the reason the polls are so close?  Is the talk about Obama’s arrogance really a code for “he’s an uppity black man.?  Things to think about.

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Tim Kaine and Barak Obama

Has anyone thought about the fact that Virginia governors cannot succeed themselves?  If Tim were Obama’s running mate and they were elected, Tim would be entering his last year as Governor in January 2009  He became governor in January 2006 (elected in 2005). 

Tim Kaine was the attorney for HOME in Richmond. VA when I was working there and we did several cases together.  In fact, he was a reference for me for the second job I had here in Boston with the Boston Housing Authority.  I can’t say what he would do for a national ticket, but Tim is thoughtful, smart, and committed to civil rights and still got elected in Virginia.  I can understand why Obama would feel so close to him and might want to have hime around to discuss things with.

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Beginning

So I join the millions of bloggers out there.  It is July 26, the Red Sox lost last night and I’m thinking about politics.

Can anyone explain why Obama is getting grief from some for not being specific enough during his recent Middle East and Eurpopean trip?   If he had offered specific solutions, he would be accused of making foreign policy.  There is a fine line between acting like a President and acting Presidential.  He needed to avoid the former and do the latter and I think he succeeded.