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Monday, November 24, 2008 12:00 AM

Barack Obama, honeymoon killer?

The Clintonites in his Cabinet, forgiveness for Lieberman, the creeping signs of centrism -- progressives aren't ready to panic, yet.

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  • Monday, November 24, 2008 03:50 PM

    Oh all the people nipping away at him have a point --

    Oh yeah, right, he's betraying our hopes --

    Perhaps us Dems would be happier had another doofus like Mike Dukakis, AlGore, or John Kerry been our candidate.

    The fact that he actually gives a flying fuck about people (something no one ever accused Monkey Boy of doing) is what the change is all about.

    I think Tom Tomorrow said it best in a strip, with a liberal fellow saying something like "I don't know -- he's not living up to all the imaginary conversations I had with him in my head."

    I was rather surprised in 1992 when the press started criticizing Clinton as "all talk" and "hasn't done anything" WHILE he was walking back from the inauguration to the White House and I was thinking "Jeezus -- he hasn't even unpacked his bags yet."

    But this is living proof that us democrats can ALSO be petty idiotic assholes just as well as Repugnicans.

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