Brittain33
brittain33
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« on: July 22, 2012, 08:55:35 AM » |
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Obama has been a mostly good president with good instincts who is quick on his feet. He made some transformative promises in 2008 that were unfulfillable in our current political system with the filibuster--and has already paid a steep political price for that failure. I'm disappointed in his u-turn on civil liberties and war, but at least he is ending our full scale wars.
Romney is an intelligent, amoral technocrat which makes him unusual for a Republican candidate and probably as dangerous to what Democrats value about America as a dim (or intelligent) true believer would have been.
I'm excited about this election as long as Obama appears to be winning. Otherwise, I don't want to talk about it.
I have no patience for people who act as if they are judging candidates on competence when they are entirely motivated by policy differences. (this is not a criticism of Al, who is doing something different).
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