Reply #98: THIS is a great article

[Fleshdancer]

and I highly recommend everyone click the link and read it in full.

My 2 favorite parts:

Just as sincere conservatives objected to much of what Bush did, sincere progressives should object to much of what Obama does. Indeed, they should do so more loudly, more aggressively and more consistently than they have up to this point.

Principles should trump partisanship and personality.

and

This administration's agenda has suffered because of the compromises made by the president and his aides with Wall Street and Republicans on Capital Hill — especially during the first stimulus fight but also during the bank reform fight. That has harmed people in the United States, just as the administration's choices with regard to Afghanistan have harmed some of the poorest and most disregarded people in the world.

:applause: