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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Ah! Conviction! The sort that W displayed, I guess?
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I loved his clarity.
I still find it laughable that liberals did not know Bush was going to invade Iraq when he said he wanted the authority to do so and said Saddam was a threat. And then when he ran on "stay the course" they were surprised that he stayed the course. Or, when he said he would do "everything" in his power to prevent another attack on our shores - but the liberals, especially those in Congress with the responsibility to keep the executive branch in check, were suprised by wire taps, interrogations, Gitmo, etc.
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Also: really? Gays in the military? I'd honestly be surprised if Obama had said anything about the "issue" at all. It's not 1992 anymore, chief. Obama's opinion on the proper springiness of buggy whips might be hard to track down too.
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Don't you think he should? Wasn't that an important issue regarding our ability to retain some highly qualified people in the military while Bush was in office. Wasn't military preparedness, our military being over extended, recruitment a major issue during the campaign, and you say Obama has not said anything on the subject. Great leadership, right?
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Originally Posted by roachboy
you might read the article, ace, rather than simply bite what's around it. you might even find it interesting.
there are reasons beyond brand triage to be critical of aspects of what obama's been doing.
if you want to look at other things, necessary and potentially good ones, you might consider the indications that the bush non-policy toward israel is out the window.
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Here is a quote from the article you cited:
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Two and a half weeks after Obama's victory in the 2008 presidential election, David Rothkopf, a former Clinton administration official, commented on the president-elect's corporatist and militarist transition team and cabinet appointments with a musical analogy. Obama, Rothkopf told the New York Times, was following "the violin model: you hold power with the left hand and you play the music with the right."
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The suggestion that some on the left actual get the fact that Obama is political is fair, but some were saying that from the time he ran for the Senate in Illinois. I guess I am not impressed by old news.
Also, the above is a sad commentary on those who believe that comment above. I do not. I think one should be true to their convictions, which has been my point about the problem I have with Obama since I have been commenting on him.