tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post914586616922407377..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: Rx for Kevin Drum's ObamanemiaAndrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-49600478160083357842010-06-30T15:47:54.573-04:002010-06-30T15:47:54.573-04:00Obama's record on civil liberties is terrible,...Obama's record on civil liberties is terrible, mostly an extension of Bush policies. That is one area where he has not kept any of his campaign promises, and where he has much more control vis-a-vis Congress. I can live with the other lukewarm policies (though the lack of stimulus will come back to bite all of us big time), but in this area disappointment is too weak a word.lee hartmannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-63037507023261436742010-06-30T15:27:23.500-04:002010-06-30T15:27:23.500-04:00Look back at Reagan his goals were broad and the c...Look back at Reagan his goals were broad and the changes incremental. We look back at his 8 years and imagine that the change took place all at once.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-59686578341901454452010-06-30T12:16:28.879-04:002010-06-30T12:16:28.879-04:00Every time I get discouraged about Obama, he finds...Every time I get discouraged about Obama, he finds a way to bring me back. He's earned my trust and my patience.Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-37085803160893290252010-06-30T12:12:52.002-04:002010-06-30T12:12:52.002-04:00To use a sports analogy:
This is all about "...To use a sports analogy:<br /><br />This is all about "style" points.<br /><br />Does it matter if you win the championship with an undefeated season while blowing every opponent out of the water, or losing close games because you failed to adjust the offensive or defensive schemes, and, just perhaps, lose the title all together?<br /><br />Or does it matter that you simply win the championship, and if it took low-scoring defensive affairs, lucky bounces, strategic plays that didn't look like great ideas but now do?<br /><br />Eyes on the Prize....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-60314050355728432792010-06-30T07:48:00.273-04:002010-06-30T07:48:00.273-04:00Some of us look forward to the fight, stake out a ...Some of us look forward to the fight, stake out a position, hold on for dear life, defend to the end and even if we go down in defeat it feels good. Some, like the President, are trying to achieve a goal and are more concerned with getting from here to there than fighting about the specifics of how and what. If the President is laying the foundation that each american is entitled to affordable health care, the public option is not the only, or necessarily the first thing, that MUST happen. Establishing that the government will regulate the financial markets so as to protect the rest of us from its abuses does not immediately require "too big to fail". Winning the Civil War did not require ending slavery the day after the attack on Fort Sumter, indeed attempting that probably would have fatally weakened the war effort. Progressives, keep your eyes on the prize, stop bitchin that the raod is not as smooth and straight as you want it to bejcradinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09370513275393874073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-47502267427995586552010-06-29T22:15:56.709-04:002010-06-29T22:15:56.709-04:00I feel partly the way Drum does towards Obama'...I feel partly the way Drum does towards Obama's beliefs/real goals. His goals are so broad, at times, that we aren't certain through what means he intends to achieve those goals. His sometimes non-confrontational policies results in a centrist way of governing where he never is seen as losing on the big issues. Why not fight for the public option or too-big-to-fail in FinReg and then lose? Its always seemed as if Obama doesn't want to lose face on certain policies. No one doubts that his legislative achievements have been great. The problem is that he is not publicly vocal about what specifics he wants to see in certain legislation, and when he does, it is not left enough for the progressive citizen.Andrew Calkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02443311272898885243noreply@blogger.com