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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (439137)	12/8/2008 12:46:30 PM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1574406

"Pragmatism" isn't going to have much room between a rock and a hard place. Bush bashing ABB talk... Al

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (439137)	12/8/2008 12:49:18 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 1574406

I agree....so far I have been pleased for the most part with his selections to cabinet positions and his statements about what he will do once inaugurated....although I note there appear to be some significant difference between his campaign statements and these later pronouncements.....which is not something I did not expect....overall, I would say he has done rather well to date. J.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (439137)	12/8/2008 2:23:30 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574406

Not the most conservative or libertarian thing to do, but hey, if we're going to spend our way out of this recession, we might as well spend it on something productive. I don't know that he will carry through with it, but I have to say that I'd be a lot more comfortable with committing money to specific projects than just throwing money at the problem which is what they're doing now. Some will argue the Iraq War was Bush's big blunder. I think this ill-conceived bailout involving hundreds of billions of wasted money is the worst mistake he's made.