I was never convinced that Shrub had the intelligence to have an agenda of his own. The agenda appeared to be generated by Rove and Cheney. Shrub was the likeable guy in front.
The constitution attempts to regulate government by having three branches that regulate and balance each other. There's nothing (that I know of) that keeps the president or any public figure from using diplomacy to influence public opinion and actions outside the rule of law and presidential dictates.
I hear your dislike and distrust, and it is easy to see how one might arrive there from your list of problems. I guess I don't pay nearly as much attention to Obama as you do. Perhaps that's how he avoids offending me. I thought the clinging comment was right on the money. I didn't vote for him but I have found reasons to respect him. I'm not convinced of all your claims, and have reason to believe the opposite than what you have decided in some cases, but I don't want to haggle about them. I can just let it be. Let history decide in some number of years. Until then it's just one story against another story.
I'm really just a passenger on this freight train of fate. I'd like to see things different than they are.... but they are what they are and one measly little vote or blogger voice is unlikely to make a dent.
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Date: 2012-06-13 01:39 am (UTC)The constitution attempts to regulate government by having three branches that regulate and balance each other. There's nothing (that I know of) that keeps the president or any public figure from using diplomacy to influence public opinion and actions outside the rule of law and presidential dictates.
I hear your dislike and distrust, and it is easy to see how one might arrive there from your list of problems. I guess I don't pay nearly as much attention to Obama as you do. Perhaps that's how he avoids offending me. I thought the clinging comment was right on the money. I didn't vote for him but I have found reasons to respect him. I'm not convinced of all your claims, and have reason to believe the opposite than what you have decided in some cases, but I don't want to haggle about them. I can just let it be. Let history decide in some number of years. Until then it's just one story against another story.
I'm really just a passenger on this freight train of fate. I'd like to see things different than they are.... but they are what they are and one measly little vote or blogger voice is unlikely to make a dent.