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To: Lane3 who wrote (10585)	10/20/2009 2:43:43 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

I hope this colloquy doesn't make me look to the casual reader like an apologist for Obama or, even worse, like I'm endorsing him. I didn't take it that way.

To: Lane3 who wrote (10585)	10/20/2009 4:40:45 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

I hope this colloquy doesn't make me look to the casual reader like an apologist for Obama or, even worse, like I'm endorsing him. I certainly haven't thought that at all. I'm merely, as I am wont to do, arguing against partisan hyperbole, which I find universally non-constructive. I don't disagree that it is non-constructive sometimes, but so, too, is underestimating the consequences of major changes in management. An argument can be made that some of the Obama "policy" has been a continuation of the prior administration. Elections have consequences, the people voted for "change", and they're getting it. You can argue that it isn't "radicalism" and find many areas where he has not been radical. But you can also find some that are seriously out of the mainstream. And those are the areas that are of concern.