Reply #15: I think I have a fairly good grasp on what Obama's [View All]

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feelings and words are on this matter I just don't think it serves anyone to bog down with that as it quickly becomes very subjective and highly dependent on one's point of view.

I think at some level, aka the macro level, Clinton and Obama probably share the same instinct of respect for a venerable adversary. Despite Reagan's years being aweful in so many ways on a practical level, he restored respect (ugh) to the Republican party and its values. That's some powerful mojo. It set Bush I on his way to the WH and it got the Democrats so shaking in their boots they had to go something stupid and create the DLC (how else to counter the "Free Market will solve anything" (read corporatism) mantra than by adopting it yourselves)?

So, Clinton supporters, face it... your lady respects Ronald Reagan
And guess what Obama fans, your guy is guilty as charged.

And to the Edwards supporters? Well, I'm just gonna go with Feingold on that matter because the guy has a Centrist/DLC record and was THE CELEBRITY CANDIDATE of 2004 (lest we forget...). I just don't buy his rhetoric as anything more than "I'm going to have to outliberal the black guy and the woman". Isn't Joe Trippi on his team? Isn't every Joe Trippi production a populist one? But hey even though he has a really bad record from a liberal standpoint, at least he didn't say nice things about Ronald Reagan. Or did he?

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