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Showing Original Post only (View all)WaPo's Eugene Robinson. If you read nothing else about the election, read this. [View all]
I normally do the full four paragraph excerpt. This piece is so tightly written, and so perspicaciously packed that it seemed better to just link to it and send you there. It is a 30-45 second read but worth it all.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-a-new-america-delivers-its-verdict/2012/11/08/ae348d12-29e8-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_story.html?hpid=z2
edited to add link . . . duh
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WaPo's Eugene Robinson. If you read nothing else about the election, read this. [View all]
Stinky The Clown
Nov 2012
OP
A great read. Thanks for sharing. (TIP to all - don't even go near the comments) n/t
Iris
Nov 2012
#9
What strikes me about this is that those portions of the country who *embraced* the multi-cultural
freshwest
Nov 2012
#10
Yep, that's pretty much it. Robinson is possibly the best journalist out there.
Barack_America
Nov 2012
#15
Yes, this election was about America, who we are, where we are, in history.
northoftheborder
Nov 2012
#22
"I think that when black Americans saw Republicans treat President Obama with open disrespect..."
Scuba
Nov 2012
#38
After reading Robinson's excellent piece, I clicked on Dana Milbanks's piece about
catbyte
Nov 2012
#47