More proof that there are no fascists

Joseph Tracy brook7 at sover.net
Fri Jan 25 21:09:05 CST 2013


If you think my argument is that the US is powerful because of its occupation of moral high ground, you are either a) lacking a full spectrum understanding of English,  b) constructing a straw man to avoid responding to what I say, c) thinking maybe I have not heard the oft repeated lame excuses you offer for Obama's lack of action on his campaign promises d) you tell me because I don't get how your response has any relation to what I said.




On Jan 25, 2013, at 9:00 PM, alice wellintown wrote:

> The US remains a very powerful nation, but not for the reasons you
> suggest. It has no moral high ground to stand on. That, if it was ever
> ore than a hope, vanaished long ago. Still, the US is doing some good
> in the complex and dangerous world, but the world is to big, too
> complex, to be influenced by the example and the rhetoric of any one
> nation, not even the example, good or bad or mixed, of the USA.
> 
> The President is doing ok. I wish he would get more done, but he's
> stubborn and Washington locked up.
> 
> But that ain't so bad; hell, he's standing up for some good people
> and, weak as he is, he's getting the message out.
> 
> Some say he's a stuffed suit. Well, maybe he is, but he looks good in
> it and that helps.




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