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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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  • Sunday, November 23, 2008 11:11 PM

    I am breathing a sigh of relief ..

    I was not pro McCain but I was very suspicious of Obama because there was so little known about him and what was known suggested that he'd destroy the US economy by dragging it to the extreme left which even countries like Russia and China have recoiled from.

    His choices so far suggest that he will be a pragmatist and not a 'communist' and I'm getting ready to eat many of the negative words and cautions that I wrote about him.

    His polictical choices in the foreign and defence areas also suggest that his known connections with Jihad may in fact turn out to be helpul and not explosive.

    If he continues like he's started out I shall become a convert!

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