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Wow, I'm actually impressed with the democrats.
- The Health care bill going through is flawed, it needs improvement in the future, but damn its a still really good, and it has the Paul Krugman stamp of approval. Its going to reduce our looming enormous deficit by a lot and improve health care while laying the groundwork for the serious business of a public plan once people realize the gov't health care being passed isnt the work of satan.
- All this done at the same time while Obama got china to agree on something- it wasnt really much better than "something"- but something nonetheless, on the subject of climate change. I did expect more from Copenhagen, but ok a start is a start and its the direction we should be moving in. More importantly, cap-and-trade on greenhouse gases looks like its becoming a reality, despite some actual environmentalists bitching about it cause they dont know what they are talking about.
- And we are getting another half a trillion stimulus package to boost job creation- also desperately needed, and something I didnt expect them to have the balls to go through with, thats being pushed sort of stealthily so the republicans are sort of caught off guard.
- AND GITMO detainess are being tried in the usa despite all the nonsense opposition, instead of keeping them in the twilight zone.
I mean, theres been a lot of disillusionment with obama, by progressives and by me personally. He faced a hell of a lot of challenges coming into the presidency and he certainly has made some mistakes, namely on bank bailouts. But... goddamn this is a lot of change, and for the better, on all the major issues I think we desperately need change on. I'm very, very pleasantly suprised. The dems are actually playing hardball, and its working.
- The Health care bill going through is flawed, it needs improvement in the future, but damn its a still really good, and it has the Paul Krugman stamp of approval. Its going to reduce our looming enormous deficit by a lot and improve health care while laying the groundwork for the serious business of a public plan once people realize the gov't health care being passed isnt the work of satan.
- All this done at the same time while Obama got china to agree on something- it wasnt really much better than "something"- but something nonetheless, on the subject of climate change. I did expect more from Copenhagen, but ok a start is a start and its the direction we should be moving in. More importantly, cap-and-trade on greenhouse gases looks like its becoming a reality, despite some actual environmentalists bitching about it cause they dont know what they are talking about.
- And we are getting another half a trillion stimulus package to boost job creation- also desperately needed, and something I didnt expect them to have the balls to go through with, thats being pushed sort of stealthily so the republicans are sort of caught off guard.
- AND GITMO detainess are being tried in the usa despite all the nonsense opposition, instead of keeping them in the twilight zone.
I mean, theres been a lot of disillusionment with obama, by progressives and by me personally. He faced a hell of a lot of challenges coming into the presidency and he certainly has made some mistakes, namely on bank bailouts. But... goddamn this is a lot of change, and for the better, on all the major issues I think we desperately need change on. I'm very, very pleasantly suprised. The dems are actually playing hardball, and its working.
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