tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916031369325814810.post1899808288068046795..comments2023-11-05T04:04:54.585-05:00Comments on DRAMA QUEEN!: "Obamamania"Uncle Sydney 2012http://www.blogger.com/profile/06315955207217416368noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916031369325814810.post-64912019688243794052010-12-08T20:52:12.938-05:002010-12-08T20:52:12.938-05:00As for losing my ability to think. Humm, no I won&...As for losing my ability to think. Humm, no I won't be voting republican anytime soon. <br /><br />However I think we have the right to be profoundly disappointed in Mr. Happy.<br /><br />Will I vote for him in 2012. That depends on how the ground looks then.Uncle Sydney 2012https://www.blogger.com/profile/06315955207217416368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916031369325814810.post-57549674038129686032010-12-07T16:47:24.181-05:002010-12-07T16:47:24.181-05:00'So he's either stupid, incompetent, or wa...'So he's either stupid, incompetent, or was always farther to the right than we knew.'<br /><br />I have to admit I am disappointed with Obama's latest concessions.<br /><br />I am beginning to suspect that what is happening to President Obama is rather like something that happened to the first Labour prime minister of Britain - Ramsay MacDonald.<br /><br />MacDonald rose from obscure origins (he was the illegitimate son of a housemaid) and became the first 'working man' to head a British government. He was in consequence subject to enormous pressures. Not only did he have to remain loyal to the ideals of the Labour movement - he also had to live up to the expectations and duties (as he conceived them) of a prime minister, even when those expectations and duties clashed with the interests of the working classes that he represented.<br /><br />MacDonald was undone by the crisis of the Great Depression. He eventually succumbed to demands to join an all-party 'National Government' in which Labour interests were quickly swamped by the traditional interests of Establishment, Money and Property. He is today generally reviled in Labour ranks as a traitor.<br /><br />I have always felt sympathy for MacDonald. I think he made some wrong decisions. But I think he made them because of the peculiar situation in which he found himself. He had to demonstrate that a man of his own obscure origins (and in that period class was as big an issue as race is today) could act responsibily towards the whole of society. I suspect that Obama lives with a similar burden. The first black president carries the hopes and ideals of millions on his shoulders - but he is also, paradoxically, in thrall to the powers of Money and Property - and the powers of Money and Property are very skilled at presenting their own vested interests as those of the nation.Sionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916031369325814810.post-2155350644430471792010-12-06T20:51:46.874-05:002010-12-06T20:51:46.874-05:00This was a realistic and rational political compro...This was a realistic and rational political compromise which ensures that the unemployed get an extension of their unemployment insurance benefits.<br />The compromise extends the Bush era tax cuts for two years when they will automatically expire.<br />The new health care system has not yet taken effect. There will be a very different political climate in 2012 than the scenario for 2012 being described today by political pundits.<br />Trust Pres. Obama. He does what is necessary to protect those who have little influence and power.graymogulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07002781743745066634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916031369325814810.post-73094953052504782812010-12-06T09:22:45.691-05:002010-12-06T09:22:45.691-05:00You have lost your ability to think.You have lost your ability to think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916031369325814810.post-54313180693280836612010-12-06T06:24:09.380-05:002010-12-06T06:24:09.380-05:00That will allow Billybob back in the White House.
...That will allow Billybob back in the White House.<br /><br />Is that such a good idea?<br /><br />Still if the Moosehunter is a go for the tea party maybe Billary will be the only weapon available to bring her down.<br /><br />Another four wasted years, Amerika whilst China gets ever stronger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com