For a couple of years, the left has joined the right in making Obama a piñata… But think back to 2000. Many Democrats and journalists alike, feeling grouchy, were dismissive of Al Gore and magnified his shortcomings. We forgot the context, prided ourselves on our disdainful superiority — and won eight years of George W. Bush. This time, let’s do a better job of retaining perspective.

Nicholas Kristof, President as Piñata - NYTimes

Recent comments

Blog comments powered by Disqus

Notes

  1. youremyfavorites reblogged this from liberalsarecool
  2. anindiscriminatecollection reblogged this from brooklynmutt
  3. slowmotiontits reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president
  4. doyoubelieveinanimorphs reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president
  5. funnifications reblogged this from brooklynmutt
  6. trivialkim reblogged this from liberalsarecool
  7. thusfrommylips reblogged this from liberalsarecool
  8. skyghe reblogged this from pieceinthepuzzlehumanity
  9. onceapunatwistedfairytale reblogged this from brooklynmutt
  10. laa-peste reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president
  11. thedisgruntledgradstudent reblogged this from tehblackbirdflies
  12. sageoflogic reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president
  13. tehblackbirdflies reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president
  14. pieceinthepuzzlehumanity reblogged this from thesonalsorises
  15. youcankissmysass reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president
  16. katedanley reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president
  17. brandx reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president
  18. thesonalsorises reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president
  19. reagan-was-a-horrible-president reblogged this from liberalsarecool
  20. randomactsofchaos reblogged this from brooklynmutt
  21. liyon reblogged this from liberalsarecool
  22. itsonlymemories reblogged this from liberalsarecool
  23. givemecheesecake reblogged this from liberalsarecool
  24. lessthanorequalto reblogged this from liberalsarecool