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Re: Obama
Here's something I posted on another mailing list, responding to a
crack form a British friend that there was no difference between
Obama and McCain:
>The political discourse in America has been inhumane for a
>generation. Richard Nixon initiated the practice of campaigning on
>character assassination; Ronald Reagan took office by appealing to
>selfishness, then proceeded to subvert the principles of his country
>and party for the enrichment of his backers. Bill Clinton got
>elected with the language of compassion but was too weak to vanquish
>the obstructionists and too personally flawed to hold the moral high
>ground.
>
>George W. Bush wasn't even elected. His rhetoric was Orwellian in
>its abuse of truth, and his administration was a pure kleptocracy.
>He and his owners are in the process of cleaning out what's left in
>the till before they are sent packing in January.
>
>There is no way Barack Obama can be as good a president as we need
>him to be, but the mere fact of the frame of reference from which he
>speaks is enough to give hope to this country and this world.
>
>We stepped back from the brink yesterday. We should have done it
>four years ago.
--
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