Re: [Pen-l] Obama's speech [was: "Has Barack Obama's presidency already failed?"]

[Robert Naiman <naiman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with the spirit of Max's post to the effect that it's not
one-zero - the passage of the stimulus bill, despite being too small
to start with, having too much tax cuts versus new spending, and good
things being cut in the "compromise," is an important partial victory.

But I don't get the "keep your powder dry" part. Clearly Obama is
doing some things that most of us would agree are good, and some
things that most of us would agree are bad, and there is evidence that
criticism is likely to yield more of the former and less of the
latter: for example, he wanted to appoint someone bad to head the CIA,
and people screamed, and he didn't do that, and appointed someone else
who was much less bad. Why would we keep our powder dry, at this
moment where there are important choices being made that could be
affected by criticism?


On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Max Sawicky <maxbsawicky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's a means to an end.  If it works and the end is good, no problem.
>
> We'll have a better fix when we see how he handles the upcoming
> entitlement jamboree, also how the fin rescue unwinds.  While the
> latter isn't looking so good, there could be course corrections.
>
> The stimulus isn't half bad, maybe one-third bad, and there can
> be more bites of the apple, as Stan Collender explained a few
> days ago.  Hilda Solis is going to be Secy of Labor, Judd Gregg
> is going home, and the WH is making fun of Repugs.
>
> Keep your powder dry, sez I.
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Feb 13, 2009, at 11:50 AM, Max Sawicky wrote:
>>
>>> No class.    No populism either (the many v. the few).  He was in the
>>> bring us together/we are one people mode.
>>
>> We're not. It's a damaging lie to say we are.
>>
>> Doug
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