Dastard was right ...

damn good article.

Dastard is right? That fucking conservative right-wing pig? What have you been smoking?

I KNEW you were like that, Mr. Bogart.

The article should read Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama. The disconnect begin a while back. Of, For, and by the people died a while back, and self serving corporate backing politicians became the norm. Nothing new here.

Good read nonetheless.

It's interesting that you view it that way. The article is about Obama, the new "people's" president, and how he is struggling to lead a nation that he really doesn't seem to understand. I certainly would not put Reagan or Clinton in that category. And I don't see Obama as being at all corporate backing. If anything he is anti-corporate (although I'll admit he will accept anyone's money...BP was a big contributor). His ideology stems from elsewhere, which is why it is so contrary to U.S. tradition. The U.S has made many mistakes over 234 years, but we have always learned and progressed (even of at time's it was painfully slow). That is an extreme matter of pride for some. Yet when the administration equates the treatment of American Muslims after 9/11 to the internment of Japanese Americans after WWII, well, it is beyond inaccurate, beyond political rhetoric. It shows a lack of appreciation of where the U.S. was then and where we are now. Frankly, the President needs to quit whining and do his job...and that is to lead. He ran for the position, it was not forced on him. Someone should have told him what the job was or, 18 months in, he should have figured it out by now. America's problems existed before he got here and they were not created by conservatives just to spite him. Man up and do the job you signed on for, or quit and let someone who can handle it take over. But quit bitching because everything you are whining about was created by a legitimately elected democratic government, passed by a bipartisan legislature, or adjudicated by a largely non-partisan court system. This is not a regime change from some conservative dictatorship, it is another in a long line of administrations. Put simply... figure out how to do the job FOR the people, not in spite of them.

I have a hard time taking seriously the opinion of anybody that would elevate Sarah Palin to national office.Say what you like about the guy and his administration,but,a McCain/Palin presidency would've been MUCH worse.

And so I voted for McCain? Interesting you jump to that conclusion. But D, I'll agree with you, Palin was a very odd choice. However we will never know if what didn't happen would be better or worse. What is happening here is that the adults are talking about what is happening now, not what might have been. Like a really shitty healthcare bill. Or 20% unemployment after spending $1T plus largely on wealth transfers. Oh yeah. We are so much better off.

And since when did you take my opinions seriously regardless of my voting record?

I was speaking to Zikan.

I stand by my comments. They have substance, as opposed to a blanket dismissal of an intelligent person's opinion simply because you think they voted for someone you disagree with.