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• Thursday, November 20, 2008 08:56 AM

  @ Mao (and anyone else doubting Obama's claim to change)

  From the 60 Minutes interview.

  (CBS) Kroft: When the price of oil was at $147 a barrel, there were a lot of spirited and profitable discussions that were held on energy independence. Now you’ve got the price of oil under $60.

  Mr. Obama: Right.

  Kroft: Does doing something about energy is it less important now than…

  Kroft: Why?

  Mr. Obama: Well, because this has been our pattern. We go from shock to trance. You know, oil prices go up, gas prices at the pump go up, everybody goes into a flurry of activity. And then the prices go back down and suddenly we act like it’s not important, and we start, you know filling up our SUVs again.

  And, as a consequence, we never make any progress. It’s part of the addiction, all right. That has to be broken. Now is the time to break it.

  Can anyone honestly say that Obama's not radical, in the true sense of the word?

  I've never heard a president speak like this in my lifetime, at least, not that I can recall. Cuomo used to speak this way.

  Obama is clearly not amassing his cabinet simply so he can check out and let the government run on auto pilot.

  For the life of me I can't figure out what all the concern is about.

  —weeping for brunnhilde Read weeping for brunnhilde's other letters
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