Obama
Who doesn't enjoy a blog written in the small hours of the morning because there's no time to write it tomorrow? It's good to take some time away from the voices in my head that amongst other things are keeping me from sleep.
I listened to the episode of WTF with Marc Maron featuring Barack Obama and thought the President came across very well. I wasn't expecting him to speak with any great candour, but it was an interesting conversation touching about his motivations, his family life and relationship with his father. Maron gently steered towards some interesting topics of discussion while giving Obama the space to talk at length.
Unusually for WTF, the podcast was recorded last Friday and released on Monday, giving the interview a sense of immediacy. Maron took the opportunity to ask Obama about the Charleston shooting a couple of days previously. His response went as far as I felt he reasonably could in terms of expressing a desire for gun legislation ("It's not enough to feel bad") before citing the case of Australia's abolition of guns and noting the USA's unique position as a civilised nation in this regard.
Most of the news coverage of this interview has already touched upon Obama's use of "nigger" when discussing the issue of race relations. I thought he spoke intelligently on the subject, acknowledging the ongoing legacy of "Jim Crow" but refusing to entertain the hyperbole of the current state of racial relations in the US. The most striking quote of the interview for me was "As President, it's not enough to pretend to be fearless. You have to be fearless". That's a sentiment to which we can all aspire.
I listened to the episode of WTF with Marc Maron featuring Barack Obama and thought the President came across very well. I wasn't expecting him to speak with any great candour, but it was an interesting conversation touching about his motivations, his family life and relationship with his father. Maron gently steered towards some interesting topics of discussion while giving Obama the space to talk at length.
Unusually for WTF, the podcast was recorded last Friday and released on Monday, giving the interview a sense of immediacy. Maron took the opportunity to ask Obama about the Charleston shooting a couple of days previously. His response went as far as I felt he reasonably could in terms of expressing a desire for gun legislation ("It's not enough to feel bad") before citing the case of Australia's abolition of guns and noting the USA's unique position as a civilised nation in this regard.
Most of the news coverage of this interview has already touched upon Obama's use of "nigger" when discussing the issue of race relations. I thought he spoke intelligently on the subject, acknowledging the ongoing legacy of "Jim Crow" but refusing to entertain the hyperbole of the current state of racial relations in the US. The most striking quote of the interview for me was "As President, it's not enough to pretend to be fearless. You have to be fearless". That's a sentiment to which we can all aspire.
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