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Agnes Varnum is a freelance writer, film programmer and communications manager for the Austin Film Society. She is the primary contributor to doc it out and Tribeca Film Institute's Resources.

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The Man From Hope

June 18th, 2008 • Related Posts • Tags

“And ironic because it was Bill Clinton himself, running in 1992, who proved conclusively that hope trumps anger – that it is not about who will fight the power or who has experience, it’s about who can most skillfully project hopeful optimism about the future, and can persuade voters, beyond the Democratic base, that he will transcend what he called the ‘brain dead politics of Washington’ (his own way of selling a post-partisan worldview).

And thus, in a bizarre twist, it was Obama who grasped the mantle of Clintonism and became the ‘Man from Hope.’”–Ben Smith, Politico.com (Jan. 5 2008)

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