tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post7606248304313540028..comments2024-03-01T00:27:42.852-08:00Comments on Hammer Of The Blogs: Or, a Baby's Arm Holding an AppleHeywood J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05627748699423939682noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-16967373751377819582011-04-20T17:12:16.551-07:002011-04-20T17:12:16.551-07:00I find it difficult to forgive Obama for blowing t...I find it difficult to forgive Obama for blowing the historic opportunity he had when he was elected. I suppose it was inevitable that the first black President would resemble the first woman Prime Minister (Mrs. Thatcher, or Attila the Hen) in needing to be attractive to the very people who oppose the whole idea of minorities or women getting ahead. At this rate the 1st gay President will be a puritanical fundie who vocally objects to the idea of anyone having sex, ever.Tehanunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-74193233885671492732011-04-18T17:26:18.195-07:002011-04-18T17:26:18.195-07:00Great post as usual. One thing - I don't recal...Great post as usual. One thing - I don't recall the promise to get us out of Afghanistan- in fact, he made a big point of it being the war we forgot about when we mistakenly went to Iraq. It was his way of looking sufficiently militaristic, to fight off the inevitable "Democrats don't war-monger the way they need to" meme.<br /><br />I forgave him that one during the campaign, because he was promising so many other things that, as you note, he has somehow not gotten around to doing.<br /><br />Politics are the art of the possible - and it possible, as you note, to do a fuck of a lot more.Bob Hopelessnoreply@blogger.com