Anyone want to give a hug to Bravenak? Who, by the way, still doesn't know who sent the hate mail.

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201. That IS a key paragraph

It's very good advice.
I consider Obama an AMAZING president, easily the best in my lifetime. And an AMAZING human being. I understand criticism of him from the left because he doesn't do much to attack corporatism or wealth inequality, which the progressive left considers to be reaching a crucial tipping point, almost beyond a point of recovery. A lot of people have trouble holding two seemingly conflicting ideas in mind -- how to hold Obama in such high regard while still recognizing that it's way past time to focus on corporatism and wealth inequality -- but there's a time for everything, and the country might have gotten whiplash if we'd gone from Bush directly to someone like Bernie.

Hope Bravenak doesn't let one idiot (or a handful of idiots) interfere with her contributions here.