Hi Lennart, On Nov 24, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Lennart Johansson wrote: > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> He needs to seriously kick some ass in Afghanistan, or other countries >> (including Republicans ;-) are going to walk all over him... > > I agree, but what about his base? Can he kick ass in A-stan and rally > his base at the same time? Either he'll be walked upon or walked away > from. > > Looks like a one-term presidency to me :) > > (I know, I know, it's way, WAY, to early for a smile but it's just a > little smile.. just enjoying the thought. I like America too much to > see it go down the tube).
I think this validates the point that America is ultimately pragmatic. The Left was horrified that George Bush meant the end of democracy, just like the right sees Obama as the end of capitalism. Neither was ever very likely; we adapt, we adjust, we over-react, then move on. -enp _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
