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COMMENT #2 [Permalink]… Ghostof911 said on 12/21/2009 @ 12:54 pm PT…

Frank, I must be very dense since I fail to see how the sending of 30,000 additional troops into the quagmire of Afghanistan is the best of several bad choices. In my ignorant way of thining, Obama’s decision to continue the senseless spilling of blood in a pointless and unwinnable war raises questions about his mental competence.

COMMENT #3 [Permalink]… Ska-T said on 12/21/2009 @ 12:56 pm PT…

I find it ironic that some dude who admits to being a “former religious Rightwing agitator” has the audacity to lecture me on how I should bow at the feet of Obama, his new savior.

Has Schaeffer substituted one authority figure for another? Dr. Altemeyer, University of Manitoba, describes this type of thinking in his (free online) ebook “The Authoritarians”. His studies influenced John Dean for his book “Conservatives Without Conscience”.

Perhaps Schaeffer should refrain from shouting “STFU” at those who never subscribed to right wing thinking in the first place.

COMMENT #4 [Permalink]… Sunnysteve said on 12/21/2009 @ 12:57 pm PT…

Frank, Brad, Sibel: You, and the work you do, are why I make a monthly Paypal donation to this website. I am more moderate than you on many particular issues, mostly about tone. But this website breaks new ground and takes real risks on core issues that others are too timid, or just too conformist, to take on.

You make me think. You rekindle the passion for this democracy that periodically cools in the face of unrelenting attacks from the cynical, selfish and callous people who only see government service as a personal opportunity. I am now old enough to eschew easy victories and moments of supreme triumph. We do not live in the movies.

Obama still seems, to me, too good to be true. Let us not put all of the burden on him. We worked very hard to get him where he is. He will fail, if we fail. It is not his country alone to put on the right path again. It is our path, if we have the guts and stamina to travel it.

I very much appreciate this essay. It is timely to assess, realistically, this past year. I have children and grandchildren. We have a president again. We have hope. But we have work to do.

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