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(32,324 posts)It started with economic matters - after all, what experience and knowledge did he have as a Junior Senator from Illinois, about how economic matters really work? So he agreed to rubber stamp first Paulson (Then the head of Fed reserve,) and then he went on to have Geithner appointed.
The PTB wore him down. I forget which of the big huge bloated military Appropriations' bill it was that Obama signed, and then from that moment on, the media really favored hi. Butter would melt in their mouths when they mentioned him. (Not Faux News, but the other alphabet stations had Talking Heads that liked him.) He was carrying water for the Proper Authorities.
On edit - the Appropriations' Bill for Summer 2010 - thirty three billions of dollars for the war on Afghanistan.)