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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
... I just can't shake the worry that many people view the federal government as a gateway to personal fulfillment.
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Can you consider that the mindset you describe above is the opposite of the narrow participation of a privileged and connected few in an admiistration catering to "crony-capitalism", as in "kenny boy" Lay, Allbaugh/Brownie, the Califoria power crisis....etc...etc...
It seem to be about govenment "of the people, by the people, and for the people", instead of by an oligarchy, for an oligarchy. There is a hope that government can be driven by the will and concerns of the many, at the expense of the privileged few who can afford to lobby and contribute to campaign coffers to counter that will and those concerns.
I don't buy it because Obama commits to the opposite of reducing the money flow to the military industrial complex, but I think that many people ignore that shortcoming.
I also don't buy his "unity" message, as there will be no "unity" on any issues with Bush-Cheney supporters, and since there are only two major political parties, both skewed to the right, in varying degrees, there is Obama's "right lite" message, vs. "McCain-we'll-be-in Iraq-for-50-to-100-years", not much will change in an Obama presidency and with the current make up of the US senate.....45 republicans, and 29 'let's give the president retroactive immunity for domestic spying and unlimited future authority to continue to do so"....democrats....
So relax, irate.....Obama's supporters don't seem to know it yet, but same old, same old....count on it!