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Originally Posted by loquitur
what do you mean by "pawn"?
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Cheney: "If you invade Iraq, Haliburton can get no bid contracts and I can make a lot of money."
Bush: "Mkay, Dicky. We'll get dem troops over der for freedom!"
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Originally Posted by loquitur
is Obama a pawn of labor unions, Hollywood and trial lawyers? I tend to doubt he is much of a tool of anyone, but your argument assumes there is improper influence only on the right side of center, when in fact there are roughly comparable sets of influences on both sides, just that the players are different and the agendas are different.
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Completely wrong. I said:
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Originally Posted by loquitur
If we are to categorize Obama as a pawn, he seems a pawn of the left. He's a pawn to liberal interests, which in the case of what we're seeing now means undoing a great deal of Bush folly.
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That presents improper influence left of center. I presented one liberal example and one conservative example, and you were there to deliver justice by calling my biased.