In these times of economic stress and political shifts, Thanksgiving means some thinking will invariably go towards giving political thanks — which can most assuredly vary depending on each person’s political anchor.
Dick Polman gives “Ten to be thankful for” and they are: Katie Couric, Colin Powell, the early Democratic voters, open Republican primaries, Mayhill Fowler, Joe Lieberman, Seamus the dog, the McCain message mavens, Joe the Plumber, the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and the BONUS: Palin and the turkey guy.
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Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.