... to "It's not my fault!" In his inaugural address, President Obama proclaimed "an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics." It hasn't taken long...
Me, I think Obama is paying tribute to a man who did a pretty good job in handling the worst crisis this country has ever faced. The Emancipation Proclamation was a pretty big deal. York needs to lighten up.
Just as the draft produced a generation that was leery (at best) of the military, one can hope this will produce a generation that wants government to get the hell out of it's face.
My countrymen. My country. My President. It's a package deal.
The best thing possible for this country would be for Obama to become a great President. So that's what I'm hoping for.
I hadn't really thought that possible until today. And I still think it's unlikely; I think McCain has to win Pennsylvania to have a shot, and if my neighborhood is typical of black urban turnout, then metro Philly is going to swamp the central and western part of the state.
But if McCain manages to win, I can see how a big Blue Coasts turnout could easily give Obama a comfortable popular vote margin.
That would be serious icksville.
Now the really brilliant thing about this scam is how many firewalls there are between Obama and the original source of funds. Obama's own fraud auditors (ineffective as they may be) still have no real reason to suspect any kind of coordinated dollar-dump. The card companies see nothing but small, cash-based transactions from a issuing partner. Even the Bank or Banks could claim that the agencies setting up the account looked legitimate; Banks aren't in the business of turning away high-volume depositors.
Obama also made Biden write on the board 50 times "You're my daddy, O."
There's are words for a person who will say anything to any crowd, as long as that person thinks the crowds don't overlap. Inspirational ain't in the list. Neither are "ethical", "reliable", "honest", etc. For that matter, in the modern world where cell phones can shoot video and little old sycophantic ladies have blogs, "smart" can no longer be applied either.
Well, the Democratic Primary race has become a choice between a candidate for whom 50% of the electorate wouldn't vote if Malcolm X were the only other choice, and Malcolm X.
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