Asked her feelings about being here, Oprah said "it's beyond the dream. We're just here feelin' it with the throngs of people. It's amazing grace personified."If that's not messianic language, I don't know what is.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Oprah and Obama
Today is a day of grand, sweeping statements. I know that I commended Peggy Noonan's advice earlier to "suspend all disbelief" but this is too much:
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Agreed. I can only imagine how special yesterday was for African-Americans. Nevertheless, the amount of hope we are putting in one man -- whatever his race -- makes me a little nervous. Especially in light of what I know of human hearts (including my own) and human history.
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