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Jonah Goldberg on Obama’s Speech in Philly

It was, in parts, a lovely speech. It was far better than I had expected, and I am not one to underestimate Barack Obama’s skill at constructing cathedrals with his words.

Rhetorically, his address in Philadelphia represented a historic achievement. The first viable black presidential candidate showed that a liberal can, in fact, abandon the calcified talking points and buzzwords of racial discourse that have slowed progress. Democratic politicians have carried the baggage of black victimology and white guilt for generations. Whenever Republican candidates have tried to advance our politics without such baggage, Democrats have yelled, “Here, catch!” and crushed them with it… (read more)

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Last Weds. night Jonah Goldberg, author of
Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, did a book signing at the Hunts Club in Chicago. There he made some brief remarks on the memory of Bill Buckley and his new book.

Book signing footage

*The lighting was terrible. The video quality is poor… but the audio is decent.

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