Re: interesting article on Obama...

On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:26:49 -0800, Islander <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Rumpelstiltskin wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:44:17 -0800, Islander <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


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What you are seeing in Obama, IMV, is leadership. He has the ability to
inspire people in the same way that JFK and FDR did. That might very
well be the thing that this nation needs most now. If he surrounds
himself with good people, and I believe that he will, I think that he
could be a very good President.

My first choice would have been Biden who has the best credentials in my
opinion, but that isn't going to happen. Perhaps he will accept a Sec
State position.

I still think that Obama would be well advised to choose Jim Webb as
vice president. That would be a very powerful team.

I'm sorry to see Hillary in trouble, but also did not look forward to
the negative campaign that she would attract, through no fault of her
own. I'm not writing her off yet, but am not optimistic.

I don't particularly like Edwards despite his populist message. But, I
could accept him over any of the Republicans, any one of which would be
a disaster.



I don't particularly like Edwards either, and I don't feel
I'm really being fair about that. My suspicion is that he
doesn't have real goals other than being president, even
though he's saying the right things these days, more so
than Hillary. Hillary is still my first choice among the
candidates I think can win the nomination and the
presidency, but as I said a while back, if Obama became
the Democratic nominee, I wouldn't be at all dismayed.

One more Republican president and it's over. The
USA will collapse and cease to exist. We'll break up
into smaller countries, such as perhaps Dixie,
New York/New England, California, Texas, and the
Northern and Southern Plains.


A lot of people around here think that it was purely accidental that
these islands became part of the USA rather than Canada and it is often
suggested that we should secede. Lumping us in with the Northern and
Southern Plains might just do it!

I'm becoming increasingly impressed with Obama. For someone who
supposedly has little experience, he has been running a pretty flawless
campaign. Personally, I'd like to find out more about who he is
surrounding himself with. I note the possible influence of Friedman in
a parallel thread and suggest that the Univ. of Chicago may have moved
on. Still conservative, but I have thought for some time that the
Democratic party was more fiscally conservative than the Republicans and
that is a good thing.

But, I'm not dismissing the possibility that possible influence from any
quarter might be dirty tricks. I want names! Who are his advisers?


Friedman is not a fiscal conservative, though, as far as I know.
Aren't his views partly responsible for the nine-trillion dollar debt
we have now? I might be wrong about that, but he's no friend
of "the common man", anyway. He's more of a laissez-faire guy,
as far as I know.




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