"I'm pretty darn lefty, but Obama does not disappoint me; he's more honest than most politicians, and is doing pretty much what he campaigned on -- albeit on a bit of an unexpected learning curve, given that most of us saw him only after his campaign had accumulated much skill. But he's a good person whose values are not warped, who doesn't give up, who doesn't believe in the power of speech but of action ... all things more important than his exact political alignment.On the other hand, in my opinion, based on observations of the last year, we are suffering from a plague of incompetent, irresponsible Democratic voters. Obama is partly responsible for this, on account of his early, slogan-based campaigning...?
This is a brilliant rant by TPM reader BS, which Josh Marshall posted on the Editor's Blog.
Joe Lieberman is not the only one to blame for our malaise. The people can disappoint too. As they are the Sovereign the voters are certainly not above criticism.
It does remind me of Bertolt Brecht's ironic lament after the harsh quashing of the " bread riots" a couple of years after the East German state - the GDR - was created "shall we dissolve the people and elect another.?"
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