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Re: Obama





Here's something I posted on another mailing list, responding to a 
crack form a British friend that there was no difference between 
Obama and McCain:


>The political discourse in America has been inhumane for a 
>generation.  Richard Nixon initiated the practice of campaigning on 
>character assassination; Ronald Reagan took office by appealing to 
>selfishness, then proceeded to subvert the principles of his country 
>and party for the enrichment of his backers.  Bill Clinton got 
>elected with the language of compassion but was too weak to vanquish 
>the obstructionists and too personally flawed to hold the moral high 
>ground.
>
>George W. Bush wasn't even elected.  His rhetoric was Orwellian in 
>its abuse of truth, and his administration was a pure kleptocracy. 
>He and his owners are in the process of cleaning out what's left in 
>the till before they are sent packing in January.
>
>There is no way Barack Obama can be as good a president as we need 
>him to be, but the mere fact of the frame of reference from which he 
>speaks is enough to give hope to this country and this world.
>
>We stepped back from the brink yesterday. We should have done it 
>four years ago.


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