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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 AM

Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama

The president-elect's advisors respond to the firestorm created by Sunday's remarks on Guantanamo, illustrating the value of criticizing Obama when he deserves it.

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 10:46 AM

    @McGavin

    I would also suggest (without harmful intent or hostility) attempting to stage manage the voting patterns of elected official, save through elections, is a fool's errand.

    That's interesting... "stage manag[ing] the voting patterns of elected official[s]" is exactly how our political system works. It is called "lobbying" and it is quite effective.

    The practical outcome of what you are saying is that it's OK for AIPAC and General Dynamics to do it, but not bloggers.

    Again, without harmful intent, sir: calling others "fools" when your own understanding of the political process is so limited has more than a whiff of self-pwnage to it.

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