Neither Bush nor Obama are perfect.
They are human being with all that that implies.
Brass
No need for name calling.
8 years of Bush bashing is not going to give your guy a free ride. Don't be surprised that the tables are turned.
Hey, BT,
My apologies for the name-calling. I've just gotten so tired of hearing this nonsense about 57 states and people trying to make hay with that.
It was my hope that I would be able to remain above the frey as Obama has so far. I guess I'm not on his level yet.
The thing is that from what I've seen, Obama is possibly the most decent person that has run for president since Carter. (I know that comparison will win no favor from a lot here but I think everyone would agree that Carter is a decent human being, politics aside.) Admittedly, Carter's decency, perhaps, prevented him from making some difficult decisions but I think he lived under some assumptions that others would take the high road and I think that Obama will not assume that.
This presumption on my part comes from his high profile but polite confrontation of Joe Lieberman on the Senate floor the other day. (There is info today that Obama confronted Joementum about his laxidasical approach to the "Obama is muslim" rumor that is out there. Apparently, Joementum had the opportunity to shoot that down and chose to slide on by it.)
Obama seems more savvy and less trusting as well as being centered and intent on changing the country's attitudes, standing in the world and, yes, bringing its citizens together.
I find his speeches inspiring in the way I found Dean inspiring. The only difference is that Dean reflected a lot more of the outrage and anger I felt in how our country's reputation and democracy have been shredded over the last 8 years because W wanted to be a better president than "Poppy". (He had 8 years and his father only had four and W came out a .08% of the president "Poppy" was. W's daddy issues have nearly destroyed the fabric on the country.) Perhaps it is for the best that Obama doesn't reflect that anger but instead acknowledges it in his purposeful expressions of his intentions.
I see Obama as I've only seen a few people in my dealings with managers over the years. Someone who takes in info and sees the strengths and weaknesses of employees and processess all of it to realize the goals of the company.
W makes me think of the a-hole managers who think that everyone should just do what he says no matter what happens. Even if the whole thing goes down the tube, just do what I say.
McCain is the middle manager who is nice enough and has gotten a little long in the tooth and decided that he wants to be in upper management and thinks he has to "play the game" and has no inkling of how to "play the game".
