(l NP ) great speech Mr Obama

[Robert Mahnke]

I agree with this.  It seems pretty apparent that the economy needed and
needs more stimulus, and that Obama's economic advisors have said this.  But
the political people have said, we can't get anything more through Congress,
probably correctly, and Obama decided pragmatically to take what he could
get.  The real problem is Congress, but in taking what he can get he then
foregoes the opportunity to push back on that problem.

If the economy were in better shape, he would be able to do more, but it
isn't.

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:22 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> I mostly agree w/ Dave here.  I would have loved to see DOJ investigate
> Cheny's torture machine (and there is a long list of things I wish he'd been
> more aggressive with), but Obama inherited a lot, and had some big goals of
> his own he wanted to accomplish too (healthcare).  In my opinion, he's been
> far too accommodating, and I think it's going to cost him.  His opposition
> wants only his demise, and cares nothing about any greater good.  They are
> essentially willfully crazy.  His fault has been to hold back, not attack
> their craziness, try too much to hew a middle ground.
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Dave Williams <daveuwilliams at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>
>>   Yes, um, just to say...
>> I agree. This man is special. I wish him luck with war, economy, peace; he
>> certainly needs good fortune. He's a fine speaker. He has style and looks as
>> good as he sounds. These characteristics are important and will help him
>> solve some big problems. He also has some great people working very hard for
>> him. I'm not as negative as Joseph on this and not as positive as you. We
>> need more leaders like him. The kind of change, you, Joseph, imply, is
>> impossible. We should be realistic, not naive.
>>
>>
>
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