Re: (TV) Congratulations Yanks!

[Jay <piazzasanmarco@yahoo.com>]

This is why we don't usually talk politics


--- On Thu, 11/6/08, andy fekete <andy.fekete@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: andy fekete <andy.fekete@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: (TV) Congratulations Yanks!
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 6:59 PM
> "Keeping the wolves at bay is the one thing [Bush] was
> good at."
> 
> Er, sorry to spew, but this is sheer lunacy... who was
> president when
> 911 happened?  And who sent 4000+ of our young men and
> woman to their
> deaths in a pointless war in Iraq?
> 
> 
> "Watching misty-eyed hoards spewing adoration for
> Obama is just sad
> and frankly kind of creepy, especially when it's people
> that don't
> even live in the U.S and have no idea of what this guy is
> about."
> 
> Well, I live in this country, and while I may not know what
> Obama is
> all about, I've had 8 years to learn what Bush and co
> is all about.  I
> think the "misty-eye hoards" you are witnessing
> is evidence that the
> majority of your fellow Americans wised up, sensed it was
> time for a
> change, and were terribly relieved and grateful that the
> system still
> worked sufficiently to effect that change.
> 
> Interpret the world's collective sigh of relief
> cynically if you must.
>  I feel I am a fairly clear-eyed rationalist, very much not
> prone to
> drinking the Kool-Aid, and to me it seems obvious that much
> of the
> misery America suffered over the past 8 years and will
> suffer going
> forward, is self-inflicted.  It will take years, possibly
> decades to
> undo the damage.
> 
> So, yeah, Obama is an unknown quantity, and the Republicans
> are a
> well-known one.  Think about that, and contemplate all the
> reasons why
> the Republican Party might suffer in that comparison.
> 
> And then go dance in the streets.
> 
> -A
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Mark M.
> <aspectstudio@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > You really think?
> > I would bet that there are a lot nasty dudes out there
> sharpening
> > their scimitars and oiling up their AKs in
> anticipation of Bush's
> > departure.  Keeping the wolves at bay is the one thing
> he was good
> > at. Are they all supposed to just turn around and love
> us now?
> > Probably the only accurate thing that has ever came
> out Joe Biden's
> > mouth was that Obama will be tested soon, but I do
> hope he was wrong
> > (again).
> >
> > Watching misty-eyed hoards spewing adoration for Obama
> is just sad
> > and frankly kind of creepy, especially when it's
> people that don't
> > even live in the U.S and have no idea of what this guy
> is about. The
> > best you can hope from any pol is to do the job and
> not screw things
> > up too badly in the process. He is only a smart,
> hard-nosed,
> > ambitious politician (proven, among other things, by
> taking on and
> > beating the Clinton machine) who had unlimited money
> to spend, ass-
> > kissing assistance from a press and media that has
> become a branch of
> > the Democrat party, and an opponent that was too
> honorable to do what
> > was necessary to win.  Add to that a tsunami of
> discontent and fear
> > over the economy and 98% of blacks voting for Obama
> and McCain never
> > had a chance.
> >
> > So he won the job fair and square, it's his for 4
> years and we'll
> > find out soon enough what he's going to do with
> it. The Dems are in
> > complete control now with no one left to blame,
> ridicule and complain
> > about.  Please, please just turn off the reverb on his
> voice and
> > lower the teleprompter so he isn't looking down
> his nose all the time
> > when he gives his speeches, or some night I'm
> going to have to send
> > an empty wine bottle through my very expensive TV.
> Maybe better to
> > just watch something mindless like the Food Channel
> for the next few
> > years...
> >
> > BTW, how's that new Television album going guys?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Nov 4, 2008, at 11:55 PM, Keith Allison wrote:
> >
> >> The world is a little safer than it was yesterday.
> >>
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