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We hope Obama will be better. Can I expect him to be better ? I fear he will be a President hemmed in by such necessities that his hope of changing anything will be thwarted.

However I entertained no such hope of Bush. an enthusiastic wrecker.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jun 13th, 2008 at 09:08:42 AM EST
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Re: The GodFather (none / 1)

I think he is going to be so goaded by circumstance that he will be forced to improvise, there is the opportunity.

"I said, 'Wait a minute, Chester, You know I'm a peaceful man...'" Robbie Robertson

by NearlyNormal on Sat Jun 14th, 2008 at 10:55:13 AM EST
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Re: The GodFather (none / 0)

I think Obama's going to be surrounded by the mainstream Democratic party establishment, and will do their corporation-funded bidding. Maybe not, though. He's pretty liberal and might have the guts to hold to that position after he gets into office. Maybe.

by asdf on Sat Jun 14th, 2008 at 11:07:28 AM EST
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Re: The GodFather (4.00 / 2)

I have no illusions about Obama, I supported Edwards because he was the best available and could at least say "fight", but things are getting worse than even I expected and I think the handlers are going to be very busy covering their own asses and there will be significant change, some of it for the better.

"I said, 'Wait a minute, Chester, You know I'm a peaceful man...'" Robbie Robertson

by NearlyNormal on Sat Jun 14th, 2008 at 11:14:42 AM EST
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