I've pulled in my horns for the past year or so.

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25. I appreciate this essay. Thanks for posting it, Jackpine Radical!

Well reasoned. Your point is VERY well-taken. Obama on his worst day is a million times better than the "best" of the GOP. Remember all the people who get the big access if the GOP gets back up on top. Remember also who WON'T be getting the big access if the GOP gets back on top. If you value your own concerns and political priorities, remember - they'll get short shrift in a romney White House. Or more accurately, they won't get any shrift at all.

I find a lot more to like than not to like about President Obama, even though I feel he compromised WAY too much with the bad guys for far too long. But I wholeheartedly support him, especially because of how many women's issues he's attempted to address. He has been inspirational at a time when our nation needed a tonic, a man of class, elegance, and dignity through out - truly "the adult in the room." And getting bin Laden doesn't hurt. I read a commentary about his foreign policy achievements that called him "the deadliest president" to the likes of al Qaeda and other anti-American terrorist groups. And y'know something? Damned if that ain't true! He's put more money where his mouth is than - as you word it - "any conceivable" republi-CON."

I particularly like what you wrote here:

"The fact of the matter is, when the shit hits the fan, I would rather have Barack Obama in the White House than any conceivable Republican."

No Freakin' KIDDING!!!!