a great article via the WSJ via my friend marie. the opening sums up the current state of affairs rather nicely, doesn't it?
Agonistes: found as an epithet following a person's name, means 'the struggler' or 'the combatant'.
Hillary Agonistes, by Elizabeth Wurtzel
WFJ, February 15, 2008
"I've been told that I no longer need to do yoga, take up Pilates, or study Kaballah, and I can even stop listening to Bruce Springsteen. Apparently 45 minutes at a Barack Obama rally -- preceded by two hours and 45 minutes of waiting in the snow outside to get in -- will be all it takes to change my life. Forever. An open mind, a free spirit, a loving heart, a renewed appreciation for democracy -- and possibly even thin thighs -- will be mine for keeps, if I just take in the junior senator from Illinois at a high-school gymnasium in Waukesha or a Nascar track in Pocono or an arena in Dallas. In less time than it takes to get through a single session of psychotherapy, Mr. Obama can cure me.
Meanwhile, back in Hillaryland, all I'm promised is Hillarycare." more...
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