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2016 Postmortem

Hawkowl

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8. Touche!

Reply to UrbScotty (Reply #7)

Sun Jan 29, 2012, 08:09 PM

Jan 2012

These events and conditions of his presidency were not unforeseen. The economy, the wars, the bigotry, the political hostility, were all well known to anyone paying attention. Yet, he chose to run anyway. I do not agree with his "centrist" positions most of the time, however he deserves a huge amount of credit for choosing to run, and simply accomplishing anything at all.

So, I do not mean to detract from his abilities by saying he is lucky. All greatness has a great deal of luck involved. I only urge him to be bolder in a leftist direction if he truly wants to solve problems and achieve greatness.

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Why the Republican race could be irrelevant [View all] Mosaic Jan 2012 OP

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Obama's approval is going up BECAUSE of the Republican primaries Hawkowl Jan 2012 #5

With what he's had to deal with, Obama can't be considered lucky. UrbScotty Jan 2012 #7

Touche! Hawkowl Jan 2012 #8

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