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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24
So Obama's back on Oahu for one more dose of R&R before he assumes his new position. (To those yowling about him taking a vay-cay so close to Inauguration Day: lighten up. When preparing to inherit a cratering financial crisis, a broken health care system, two mismanaged foreign wars and the creeping menace of global climate change, a little body-surfing can |
Maui CountyDems give Lingle three options for 9th District seatSo you thought the 2008 election—and our seemingly endless coverage of it—was over? Not quite. Per state law, the Democratic Party has submitted a list of three names to Gov. Lingle, from which she will choose the replacement for state Rep. Bob Nakasone, who died December 7. The contenders for the 9th District seat—which encompasses Wailuku, Kahului, Puunene, Makawao and Paia—are |
"To choose Sarah [Palin] tells us a lot about Senator John McCain. It is a clear reminder that he truly is a maverick and that he will always do the right thing for the people of America."
- Gov. Linda Lingle, speaking at the Republican National Convention |
Rob ReportThe Report looks back—and aheadThe past year was all about change, as exemplified by Barack Obama's presidential campaign. My column "Floating Ideas" (2/28) touched upon the cresting wave of "Obama-mentum" washing over the Hawaii Democratic caucus. "True Blue Change" (11/13) reported on my trip to President-elect Obama's neighborhood and the surge of optimism that prevailed in Chicago the day after the election. |
PALIN BY COMPARISON: From Tina Fey's spot-on SNL send-up to the all-too-real interview series with Katie Couric, Sarah Palin provided a wealth of worthy clicks this year. But perhaps the most telling snippet was one that featured no video at all, only audio. Speaking at a campaign stop in North Carolina, Palin made |
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“I’m from Seattle. It’s great there—it’s really cool and the sky is always gray…”
-Guy at Fred’s Mexican Cantina in Kihei, June 10 |
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“A shell crashed ashore. In the dun-colored houses along Kahului’s waterfront, stevedores and their women heard the gun again, like a door slamming, and again the crash of the shell. The Jap fired ten rounds in all. Then the submarine disappeared in the night. Announcing this attack on an undefended, unimportant cane-&-pineapple port, the U.S. Navy reported: no casualties, negligible damage.”
-From “Dusk in Kahului,” Time Magazine, Dec. 28, 1941 |
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