On where he came from:

One way to figure this out would be to examine his view, and then try to figure out where you would need to be for things to look like that. I think Obama’s view is spacial, as in, from outer space. I think that might be where he came from. The view from space – taxonomically speaking – is that because all life on earth shares exactly the same digital coding, it could all be reasonably grouped as “one species” (or “one life unit” or whatever words you would like to use to mean “arbitrarily grouped living stuff”). This seems to be how Obama sees things, so he must be from really far away.

On his poker game:

McCain had bad cards and he played bad. When the match was over, he stood up and bid goodnight with a dignified, unifying message. Obama had great cards and he played great. Obama outplayed McCain on almost every street, as he and I expected he would. (I predicted a landslide in the general election as soon as he clinched the nomination.)

I watched Obama play. I was watching close, trying to size up what kind of game he really had. The only way I ever rate players is, “Would I take this guy’s action?” Which is another way of saying, “Would I let him play my cards?” Obama can play my cards anytime.

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