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In reply to the discussion: Great progressive Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post has concerns about Obama's speaking fee-- [View all]Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)And that is the problem. I actually made a reply on this subject to the rabid cons on the forum I mentioned in my previous post using some of the same reasoning you gave above. Of course, they didn't want to see the logic - they never do. And I still feel that Obama was skating on thin ice over this one. The Wall Street takeover of our democracy is a very real, deeply disturbing reality. It really is better to not even give the appearance of fraternizing with the enemy even if this particular group is actually one of the lambs. It's just too twisted and intertwined and it sets my every hair standing on end. I admire Obama very much but I cannot make myself like this decision of his. He should have steered clear and given his talk in a more neutral forum.