Friday, August 29, 2008

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day...

and Wednesday was Thomas Friedman of "Friedman Unit" fame's time, when he published an editorial in the New York Times that can be basically summarized as, rebuild America first. Merle Haggard, anybody?

Says Friedman (and I agree): Obama got this far because many voters projected onto him that he could be the leader of an American renewal. They know we need nation-building at home now — not in Iraq, not in Afghanistan, not in Georgia, but in America. Obama cannot lose that theme.

I do not know if Obama is "The One". But I do know that McCain, as an adherent to the failed policies of the past, certainly is not going to be the man who rebuilds what we've lost over these past years.

-- Badtux the Politics Penguin

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3 comments:

  1. nunya30/8/08 12:19 PM

    Yep, and if Obama inherits this mess, he's definitely got a full plate.

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  2. Anonymous2/9/08 11:57 PM

    No one will.
    It's gone forever.

    Like that old '68 Comet that I had, the only car that I ever loved.
    It's gone forever.
    They just don't make 'em like that any more.

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  3. BadTux3/9/08 12:10 AM

    If the Chinese can do it, why can't America? Other than that America is now a "can't do" nation rather than a "can do" nation, that is?

    - Badtux the "Excuses, excuses" Penguin

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