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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 05:48 PM

    Worry not, Netrooters; from (kinda) wise (kinda) old JimRinX!

    You young'ens out there (who make up most of the 'netroots' root) wouldn't be so worried - especially about 'Clintonites' in Obamas' Cabinet, if your view of Bill and Hill hadn't been shaped - in many cases almost entirely so - by The Neo-Con Blowhards who've ruled the Airwaves for so long now; as they were also the ones who screwed things up, for Bill and Hill, so many times that their Administration - which began with Fleetwood Mac singing an Anthem to The Hope they once represented - never really got anywhere.

    No offense to Hill, but the whole Monica Lewinsky thing is a prime example; just read Bosom Friends and Bitter Enemies (by Barbara Slavin), and learn about how keeping Bill occupied with that crap, kept us from helping out some very freindly Iranians - who now, after being labeled as part of the Axis of Evil - are no longer in power.

    You could say that that 'not worth out time to be concerned about' so-called scandal - and many others like it - gave us Ahmadenijad!

    And that's just International Politics! The Clintons did, after all, promise us Universal Health Care; but - thanks to A Newt, et al - all we got was a, "Contract (to rip off) with America"!!!

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