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In reply to the discussion: I am so utterly sick of this Third Way shit. [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Again, reality check. I know that people who grouch and rumble about how awful Obama is really don't like being reminded that everyone else out there really is worse. But... that's the fact of our current reality. "Substandard" is at least a few grades better than "completely defective and dangerous," y'dig?
By all means, keep up pressure to push him to the left. The further we can get him to go in the next four years, the better our chances of a much-improved selection in 2016. But bitching and kicking and declaring "I'll let the Republicans win to teach the Democrats a lesson!" as some have done in the past... isn't going to help.
Like I said. Obama's probably not going to take us all the way to the finish line. I for one had no expectations that he would - your mileage may vary. However he'll at least get the baton yea far down the track towards that finish line. I would be happy as hell if he did accomplish the finish line - I'd expect him to change his middle name to Usain, if so - but in the meantime I'm willing to accept that he's at least making a better go of this project than any of the previous guys did.