Fad of hope rhetoric blind to existential reality
For those of you who may have missed it, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama staged a watershed moment in the history of stupid presidential campaign rhetoric earlier this week in Wisconsin. Two days before the state’s primary, the Bloomberg headline read: “Clinton, Obama Trade Barbs in Wisconsin Over ‘Hope.’ ”
That’s right: barbs. About hope.
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By Jose A. (Unregistered User)
9:13am on February 22, 2008
This is a great article. I laughed out loud in the dining hall several times.
Don't listen to #1, he's just suffering from cognitive dissonance and can't cope with the fact that his world is collapsing even as I write.
#3
By (Anonymous)
9:16am on February 22, 2008
OK Michael, back on the Lithium...
#4
By Kindred spirit (Unregistered User)
10:46am on February 22, 2008
Mr. Zink writes with more maturity than his "junior at Saybrook" status implies. It has taken me more than half a century to achieve his level of futility. Bravo.
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By Anonymous (Unregistered User)
8:23pm on February 23, 2008
Terrible satire. If you are trying to encapsulate the absurdity of an amoral universe, some actual humor helps. Also, is it not hope that allows us to transcend the absurdity of everyday life?
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By (Anonymous)
11:45pm on February 23, 2008
If hope is all that's getting you through the day, either you're leading a miserable life or your philosophy is severely distorted.
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I'm gonna go ahead and assume that this is really, really bad satire, instead of a really, really bad actual argument. Either way, it's really, really bad.