dagblog - Comments for "Celebrating November 22" http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/celebrating-november-22-7523 Comments for "Celebrating November 22" en Bob Herbert dead on today, http://dagblog.com/comment/94073#comment-94073 <a id="comment-94073"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/celebrating-november-22-7523">Celebrating November 22</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Bob Herbert dead on today, making your point as well in his "A Gift From Long Ago":</p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/opinion/23herbert.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/opinion/23herbert.html</a></p></div></div></div> Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:19:33 +0000 AmericanDreamer comment 94073 at http://dagblog.com "This cooperation between an http://dagblog.com/comment/94033#comment-94033 <a id="comment-94033"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/celebrating-november-22-7523">Celebrating November 22</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>"This cooperation between an alert and Progressive citizen and a progressive Government is what has made this country great--and we shall continue as long as we have the opportunity to do so. ..."<br /><br />JFK was the man I voted for when I was finally old enough to vote.  Yes, he made his mistakes, but he knew how to rally a country without talking up or talking down.  We understood that he understood and we could forgive him his faults.</p><p>Obama could be that man now, and I want to believe that down deep he is.  Fear has no place in the presidency and that's what we're getting from him.  It doesn't inspire hope or trust, and we sorely need both right now.  I don't know how to build a fire under him, so I read your Kennedy quotes with both sadness and joy.</p></div></div></div> Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:31:00 +0000 Ramona comment 94033 at http://dagblog.com