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Gosh, twank. Idealism? Wash out your mouth-- with American bourbon.  
They're there for mostly the same reasons eptitomised by K-street.
I think Obama, a bit better than that---but I admit to idealism. In fact, I embrace it. Along with some cold, hard realism. The two are NOT mutually exclusive.

Capitalism searches out the darkest corners of human potential, and mainlines them.
by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Sun Apr 5th, 2009 at 06:31:34 AM EST
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Hale geezer well met.

I made the mistake back in the late '70s thinking that "the problem was solved" when we got our asses thrown out of Viet Nam and Tricky Dick was sent packing.  While Carter was getting screwed over I was concentrating on being Mr. Solar Energy in graduate school.  The political thing would sort itself out, right?  Big mistake.  Not again.  Going to take an active hand this time.  The kids deserve better than slavery from the get-go.

Now where's the fun in that! - Megatron

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Sun Apr 5th, 2009 at 09:28:26 AM EST
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