tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post5816157778539666475..comments2024-03-18T14:34:31.684-05:00Comments on Horizons: Role ReversalNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-70758797667334417922012-11-16T11:31:00.707-06:002012-11-16T11:31:00.707-06:00It is a pain that people think that way about the ...It is a pain that people think that way about the president and democrats in general. I was raised to believe that results were the only thing that counted. So I have a really hard time relating to people that think the president should be James Brown. When are republicans going to be seen as off their rockers? <br /><br />Vic78Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-58858584221935733862012-11-16T10:30:44.371-06:002012-11-16T10:30:44.371-06:00I have a paranoid streak, for real, and at times i...I have a paranoid streak, for real, and at times it flares up in thoughts that there was a real right-wing conspiracy to deflate the left, particularly after FDR but with renewed vigor after the 1960's, by offering its "best and brightest" cushy academic gigs where they could theorize, opine, and declaim 24/7, lord it over their ivory tower, and in the process remove them from any organizational effort that might really apply pressure to capital and build something better.<br /><br />So, yes, being the party of "getting shit done" is step one on the long walk toward something better. Our best and brightest on the left belong in the trenches, and clearly this is one of the things that Obama has demonstrated.Billhttp://freeandeasywandering.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-53367728845543143002012-11-16T10:18:02.259-06:002012-11-16T10:18:02.259-06:00Good Government is what PBO ran on in '08, but...Good Government is what PBO ran on in '08, but folks seem to forget that.<br /><br />ebogan63.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com