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Edited on Sat Jul-19-08 03:35 PM by charlyvi
I don't think the e-mail about Al-Maliki saying we should withdraw in 16 months was accidently sent to the press. I think it was intentional. Also, there's the seeming about face with Iranian talks.
I think the Repub poobahs know how they've fucked the poor and middle classes, the environment, and our nation's reputation in the world for the last eight years. Longer, if you go back to Reagan. They don't care, of course, as the Bush administration has been wonderful for them, and them alone. They don't want anything to change. They do know, however, that they are facing a backlash big time. So I think they want Obama to win, knowing that he can't possibly clean up what any normal person would call a catastrphic mess in four short years. No one could. Meanwhile, they obstruct any reform legislation in Congress, something they are very adept at doing even though they are in the minority. Then, in 2012, they hit Obama with everything they have for not solving the country's problems, neglecting to mention that their ideology caused the problems in the first place. They will rely on short memories and empty wallets to get their message across. They will spin it as a validation of their ideology, after all. Then, business as usual.
I want to reiterate that the party fat cats are the ones I'm talking about here. Not the average Repub voter who is as bad off as the rest of us. I think they are simply ill-informed and stubborn.
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