tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post3109807005736427287..comments2024-01-17T09:33:57.158-08:00Comments on Brain Rage: Obama To Be Sworn In On Lincoln's BibleJBWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-34063057625610705292008-12-24T00:40:00.000-08:002008-12-24T00:40:00.000-08:00Merry Christmas to you as well Van Zan, and thanks...Merry Christmas to you as well Van Zan, and thanks: yours is one of the prouder compliments I've received on this site.<BR/><BR/>I too expect neither miracles nor perfection from Obama but I do have hope...JBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-88134944758856192502008-12-23T23:02:00.000-08:002008-12-23T23:02:00.000-08:00It will be a remarkable moment...And then it will ...It will be a remarkable moment...<BR/><BR/>And then it will be a very tough year.<BR/><BR/>Some of our "opponents" - who think Cheney and Bush (note order of names) have done nothing requiring forgiveness - will not forgive Obama a broken fingernail.<BR/><BR/>The absolute and unfettered moral perfection that they hold those guys to have is not dented by the smallest notion that perhaps some things should have happened a bit differently these last years... <BR/>Thousands of American and allied troops dead? - "oops"<BR/>Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis dead and near civil war? - "who cares?"<BR/>America's relations with some of the most pivotal allies in the toilet? - "fuck 'em"<BR/>Katrina aftermath, trashed economy, wiretaps, torture...? <BR/><BR/>Oh but the man has "moral certitude"... <BR/>okay, he means well, in his own mind.<BR/>Which fixes what?<BR/><BR/>I know I've said all this before and will say it again but the sheer absolutism of all this makes me sick.<BR/>This Bush administration has been, and will be remembered as a monumental misstep in American political history.<BR/><BR/>I don't expect perfectionism of Obama and there is a limit to what I will forgive, but I'm optimistic.<BR/>At least I can wake up each day knowing that the new President of the United States is an intelligent man, who expects to make mistakes, who wants to hear all sides, who can make up his own mind, not call Putin some sick silly nick-name like Putey-poo, have the capacity to understand the damage that he can do if he makes a mistake, and the immensity of the challenge in front of him.<BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas JBW. You're a true patriot.Van Zanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07115550635674711315noreply@blogger.com