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Odin2005

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Sun Nov-09-08 03:14 PM
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60. His ruthless pragmatism is what I like about him.

A certain other ruthless pragmatist, FDR, once said that "we need bold persistent experimentation, just try something and if that doesn't work admit it frankly and try something else." It will be the same with Obama.

Obama is right on the edge between the Baby Boom generation and Generation X. FDR was similar, being on the edge of the Boomer-like "Muckraking" Generation and the Xer-like "Lost" Generation. Very interesting similarities, both are ruthlessly pragmatic visionaries, the best traits of the two generations they were/are one the edge of.

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