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Doctor_J

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2. as Aaron sorkin put it,

Reply to Fearless (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2015, 08:02 PM

Jan 2015

Don't fight the fights you think you can win - fight the fights that need fighting.

The president has been a disaster on that front, although I think it has less to do with his cowardice than with the fact that he is a far right conservative on economic issues.

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"The Ethically Correct Position Isn't Politically Feasible" [View all] Fearless Jan 2015 OP

REAL LEADERS would make the case for the correct position, SO THAT it is politically feasible on point Jan 2015 #1

as Aaron sorkin put it, Doctor_J Jan 2015 #2

also, most people who make it to Washington abandoned their ethics years before Doctor_J Jan 2015 #3

Kickety kick kick. Scuba Jan 2015 #4

But it is politically feasible, it is being done now. bemildred Jan 2015 #5

This is why I think President Obama has been a good President ... dawg Jan 2015 #6