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Saturday, November 29, 2008 12:00 AM

In Barack we trust?

Obama campaigned on his personality and judgment and won. Now, like it or not, he isn't beholden to anyone.

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  • Saturday, November 29, 2008 06:47 AM

    Didn't like Obama from the jump

    I felt Obama was a wrong number from the jump. Made a speech against the war--big woo, I was against the war screaming at the TV (when I still watched Tweety et al) from my family room in Arizona. Now--what? He has a Scapegoat of State and a holdover SecDef to blame when he doesn't leave when he said he would. And Afghanistan? Is it really in American interests to beef that up--it's not a given. This guy, with his snooty nose in the air and pointy finger and uh-uh-uhs, never takes a stand--always leaves an ocean of wiggle. We are getting some news now--but I predict the Top Rahmen will soon lock the operation down and start data mining to find the skeptics. I notice a few on this list (FINALLY, where have you guys been?). Dum-de-dum-dum. PS? Newsweek, I mean, Obamaweek? Cancelled it after four decades. Just could not take it anymore--the crude burlesque of news gathering and sycophantic BS.

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