Reply #49: True! But he must delegate, and put his moral authority behind ...

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... a truth commission or other body that will not only ferret out the truth, but take some kind of action to hold them accountable.

After WWII, with Europe in ruins and our country in a shambles economically, we still managed to hold the Nuremberg trials, execute the Marshall Plan, and get the country back on track.

Obama will need the broadest shoulders in all of time to be able to handle the huge number of problems immediately thrown at him, but if he caves on the matter of accountability for war crimes, and does the usual first presidential act of shoving all the past horrors under the rug under the rubric of unity, saving the country from trauma, etc., then he may not find that "he can" in 2012.

I'm rooting for the guy, but I'm also disturbed over his talk about "post-partisan" governance.

Nancy Pelosi assured us that impeachment was off the table because much weightier matters were on said table. Lip service has been paid to our problems, and the criminals have been allowed to run riot -- even after the Dems seized some measure of power. Small though it was, they squandered any chance to stand up to Bushco, because too much scrutiny would reveal complicity on the part of many Dems, in my view.

The New Deal took life at a time of crushing problems. Some forward movement toward solutions of survival issues will give hope to We the People, but we must not attempt to silence the many voices of those who have suffered under this criminal administration, nor should we support any leader who failes to stand up for the powerless.