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• Sunday, August 24, 2008 05:44 AM

  @Peter Maranci

  Peter Maranci: "Obama lost my vote with his FISA flip-flop; I could have taken a lot from him, but not a flat-out screwing of the Constitution."

  Obama didn't screw the Constitution, Bush and Cheney did. Obama didn't even flip-flop, which is a term reserved for full-on policy reversals. Obama did go back on his pledge to filibuster, which was a tactical decision. A filibuster would have been a useless and distracting sideshow accomplishing little. Obama can much more effectively direct a reform of the FISA laws as president. I am tired of reading people who call his FISA moves a "betrayal" or "flip-flop" without having a clue what they're talking about.

  Peter Maranci: "His VP pick merely confirms my belief that Obama is just more of the same..."

  I will bet good money that you would have had this response had Obama picked any other VP running mate, other than Clinton. Am I right? Please, tell us all who it is Obama should have picked and why. You're all opinion, no substance.

  Peter Maranci: "...another calculating and sleazy liar (like McCain himself, come to think of it)."

  How does Obama's choice of running mate make him a "liar"? What's sleazy about it?

  Peter Maranci: "This pick certainly does not bode well for the future of the Democratic Party."

  Why do I get the feeling you don't care about the Democratic Party to begin with?

  Peter Maranci: "Say Obama wins and gets two terms: Biden will be 70 when he runs for President!"

  ....which is younger than McCain is right now! Um, earth to Peter -- the VP slot doesn't automatically ensure a future presidential run. That's not what it's all about.

  Peter Maranci: "I see no hope for this country."

  Awww, snookums.

  Peter Maranci: "We've let our future be sold to China and Russia, and face an increasingly bleak and hopeless 21st (and 22nd) century."

  Yes, we all know.

  Peter Maranci: "We needed an FDR; instead we're stuck with a pack of sleazy opportunists."

  Who was the FDR you wanted? Hillary Clinton? Or some mythical super-candidate? You know, FDR didn't really prove himself until long after he had been president. So how do you know Obama won't be an FDR? You don't. You don't know jack.

  —Xrandadu Hutman Read Xrandadu Hutman's other letters
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