tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post2515527995602371110..comments2024-03-28T00:01:34.598-07:00Comments on The Galloping Beaver: Hope juice and radical mediocrityDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-52755935471460068132011-08-04T18:40:50.791-07:002011-08-04T18:40:50.791-07:00Obama is a public relations creation.
After two s...Obama is a public relations creation.<br /><br />After two stolen elections and blatant corporate rule, and the buggering of constitutional principles, the US ruling class realized that it was time to give the Democrats a turn. Especially since the Democrats were losing credibility after winning both houses of Congress and still funding bush II's wars.<br /><br />Along comes this telegenic thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-24260029438084692882011-08-04T09:34:34.019-07:002011-08-04T09:34:34.019-07:00Excellent comment, Jim . . . .Excellent comment, Jim . . . .West End Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899808253017644309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-58908375247579689822011-08-04T08:49:03.812-07:002011-08-04T08:49:03.812-07:00I think everyone would agree that Obama is at most...I think everyone would agree that Obama is at most a moderate; he is not a "progressive," or a leftist.<br /><br />(This is not, of course related to the Republican rhetoric about him. If he reinstituted slavery, removed the Bill of Rights from the constitution and made it legal to shoot workers for insubordination, the Republicans would still call him a communist. Mud, meet wall.)<brJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12862597168871768315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-26330484194335492942011-08-04T08:33:34.333-07:002011-08-04T08:33:34.333-07:00In the US its like choosing between the Conservati...In the US its like choosing between the Conservative party and the Reform party, or the Alberta Cons and the Wildrose. The fix is in!<br /><br />Thats why at age 52 I have had it with the Liberal party, I loved Chretien, was mute on Martin, loved Dion, mute on Iggy, hate Bob.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-16301597458991837102011-08-03T23:05:10.834-07:002011-08-03T23:05:10.834-07:00Referencing obama the word "hope" doesn&...Referencing obama the word "hope" doesn't enter the vocabulary any longer. <b><i>"Hopeless,"</i></b> yes, but not "hope."<br /><br />The man has finished the job of destroying the last vestiges of real Progressive action in the democratic party that bill clinton missed in his assault.<br /><br />A pox on both the repugs and dems - As a former governor of AlabamaWest End Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899808253017644309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-77772300048843823382011-08-03T22:48:16.527-07:002011-08-03T22:48:16.527-07:00"His biggest mistake was thinking that Republ..."His biggest mistake was thinking that Republicans could be persuaded to work with him." <br /><br />So uh, how long does this "mistake" go on before Obama wakes up and smells the coffee. Truth is, that mistake has carried America further to the right. Obama has been wimping out since he took office. The debt was perpetrated by careless Republicans (remember when George Bush Moon Rattledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12582624883573651364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-60785420147996864732011-08-03T22:15:52.403-07:002011-08-03T22:15:52.403-07:00Me again. I just read this article by Booman -- h...Me again. I just read this article by Booman -- http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2011/8/3/132534/1186<br />Its a good analysis, I think.Cathie from Canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418899090537597360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-80749844928864637842011-08-03T22:04:54.876-07:002011-08-03T22:04:54.876-07:00I disagree -- he's done a large number of good...I disagree -- he's done a large number of good things in Washington. His biggest mistake was thinking that Republicans could be persuaded to work with him. Not gonna happen. But that's not Obama's fault. They wouldn't have worked with Hillary, either.Cathie from Canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418899090537597360noreply@blogger.com