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Edited on Fri Sep-30-05 07:58 PM by never cry wolf
I agree with your first paragraph, sans the last sentence. I too am a political junkie and consider myself right and ahead of the rest of the country. I also happen to be one of his constituents, proud to have voted for him AND have been paying close attention. Should I have voted for Alan Keyes?
I will also guarantee you that Obama is better informed than either you, I or almost anyone on this board. He knows everything we see from our slant and more, he also knows, in addition, how things are viewed from the right's perspective, as well as the middle. This is important to be an effective legislator. To spew the DU line on the floor of the senate would marginalize all his efforts. Power is won through public support and like it or not, your views and mine, and Obama's as well are not seen as such in the majority of the sheeples out there. He has outlined, brilliantly IMHO, the correct way work in a system controlled by the cons and corporate media to achieve progressive goals.
It is a broken system, I agree. Big money buys many pols and our two party system tends to morph towards the money. But AFAIK the only way to change it is through the system and that requires broad popular support. Like it or not (and I certainly don't) given the choice between Gore or Kerry and bunnypants, enough of the population voted against their own best interests to allow stolen elections.
I believe Obama will tell the truth but will do it in a statesmanlike way. NOT in order to win re-election but in order to be effective in making real change. His heart is pure and he is working for our goals in the way he feels will best achieve them.
Edited because I forgot to add that Paul Simon was his mentor and he honestly admires paul Wellstone. Could we really ask for more?
"My dear friend Paul Simon used to consistently win the votes of much more conservative voters in Southern Illinois because he had mastered the art of "disagreeing without being disagreeable," and they trusted him to tell the truth. Similarly, one of Paul Wellstone's greatest strengths was his ability to deliver a scathing rebuke of the Republicans without ever losing his sense of humor and affability. In fact, I would argue that the most powerful voices of change in the country, from Lincoln to King, have been those who can speak with the utmost conviction about the great issues of the day without ever belittling those who opposed them, and without denying the limits of their own perspectives."[/i}
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