As I see it, the US political system is completely FUBAR - nothing short of total collapse can change it. The best anyone left-of-the-centre can expect of an elected politician is palatble political rhetoric, soothing words, and civilised discourse. Obama delivered that. Anything more is beyond the capacity of this political system.
Listening to articulate and intelligent speeches of a thoughtful and a compassionate person instead of spiteful redneck drivel of a right wing bigot is th eonly change that is possible here, and belive me, it does make a difference as far as my mood is concerned.
Wojtek
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Jan 20, 2010, at 9:11 AM, Wojtek S wrote:
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> He was basically backstabbed by
>> his own party. His only fault was that he did not manage to rein these
>> cocksuckers in.
>>
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> Huh? The guy courts Republicans, who still won't give him the time of day,
> gave the right wing of his own party everything they wanted, and has
> dispatched Rahm Emanuel to rein in the left wing of the Dems. How is any of
> this backstabbing?
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> Doug
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