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Originally Posted by alkaloid
It's April now. And I think Obama is doing quite well. It's a big mess, and it's going to be tricky. I really like him. I'm glad he's in charge. His administration is doing pretty awesome job considering the circumstances.
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thank you for re-railing (un-derailing?) this thread
I'm overall happy with Obama. There are a few things I'm not pleased about. He keeps calling it a war on terror, which is a terrible idea. You cannot fight and win wars against tactics. Calling it a war on terror automatically makes it a never ending war. I'm ready for the war to be over.
I'm also not thrilled that he isn't pushing prosecution of Bush and his fellow criminals. Yes, I know, I've heard the "we gotta let the country heal" argument ad nauseum since even before Bush left office. We heard the same thing when Ford pardoned Nixon. But, we need to send a clear message that even Presidents are not above the law. Right now the lesson is that once you become president, you can do anything you want and you won't get into trouble for it. Perhaps if Bush and his cronies did some jailtime, future presidents would realize that using the constitution as toilet paper, and torturing people, and committing treason, not to mention war crimes, are not things that they can get away with.