http://bit.ly/5yebgZ - - - US President Barack Obama suffered a painful defeat in Massachusetts on Tuesday. With mid-term elections looming, it means that Obama will have to fundamentally re-think his political course. German commentators say it is the end of hope. - - -
Actually quite the opposite -- it is the beginning of hope! These analyses are quite entertaining. I especially enjoyed the Financial Times Deuchland: "For Obama, the election in Massachusetts means that he will have to re-evaluate his political style. He could now focus his concentration on his political base and push through his policy agenda. After all, he still has a majority in Congress -- he could back away from his strategy of bipartisanship ... which would mean giving up much of what he spent his first year in office creating." Which strategy of bipartisanship might that be? The one of cherry picking one or two ultra liberal Republicans so they can get 60 votes, and telling the rest to pound salt, don't even bother showing up in the smoke filled rooms where only union representatives and "progressive companies" get to lobby? I sure hope Obama takes their advice and goes (even more) for the base. C'mon, quite pretending, go ahead and put those Mao posters & Che Guevara flags up right there in the Oval Office, paint the joint yellow and red, what's can you lose at this point? Seriously---what planet are these people on? Even the voters of Massachusetts, ordinarily quite OK with one party rule, voted for a guy promising to end one party rule...there is a fairly big clue hiding in that fact for these schnitzels. - Publius -- "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this country, under an efficient government, will probably be an increasing object of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that enterprises to subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of foreign powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted by some of them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can be avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but those whose situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the faithful and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers #59] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
