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Originally Posted by missus
[B]Bill Clinton and the first President Bush were three years closer in age, and while Mr. Clinton’s victory marked the ascension of baby boomers, Mr. Obama’s election would be emblematic of something more profound: that the multicultural, postracial society so often discussed in the news media but so seldom affirmed in public life was now, literally, the face of our nation. Mr. Clinton was Fleetwood Mac..[/B]
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Only in the negligible (& rather forced) sense that Mr. Eisenhower was McDonald's.
What's surprising is that a writer for The Nation doesn't know the meaning of the word "literally."
At any rate, thanks for posting it, Bob! How are you today?