That's not what I'm saying. I am not saying that by showing the country what a bad president looks like, Bush set the stage for a decent replacement. I think he actually did something good, namely he accustomed the American population to seeing African Americans in high positions in the Federal government. That doesn't excuse all the terrible things he did. But he did do something positive.
-- Russ On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Jochen Fromm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting point. The church maybe deserves credit for Darwin, too > (and the british regime in India for Gandhi, the communist regime in the > Sovietunion > for Gorbachev, the apartheid regime in South Africa for Nelson Mandela,..) > Perhaps every great reformer needs a suppressing regime which goes wrong. > > -J. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: Russ Abbott > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:23 AM > Subject: [FRIAM] Bush deserves credit for Obama > > > and not in the snide way you think. Much as I dislike Bush, I think that he > did a lot--positively--to set the stage for an Obama victory. In particular, > his appointment of Colin Powell and Condolesa Rice as Secretaries of State > legitimized in the public mind the image of a black person holding high > government office. > > -- Russ > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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