Comments on: Ghosts of Obamas past http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/06/21/ghosts-of-obamas-past/ Sliding down the banisters of the ivory tower. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:58:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: David II http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/06/21/ghosts-of-obamas-past/#comment-648 David II Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:27:35 +0000 http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/?p=118#comment-648 So glad I'm not British, at this point I would have no idea how to vote in your elections (for the authoritarians with moderate left social policies, or the rightists who've finally decided to stand up for civil liberties). I'd probably end up a Lib Dem, but they've got their problems, too. So glad I’m not British, at this point I would have no idea how to vote in your elections (for the authoritarians with moderate left social policies, or the rightists who’ve finally decided to stand up for civil liberties). I’d probably end up a Lib Dem, but they’ve got their problems, too.

]]> By: David http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/06/21/ghosts-of-obamas-past/#comment-646 David Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:40:13 +0000 http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/?p=118#comment-646 This is sort of how I felt when McClellan did what he did -- it was a baseline assumption that he had <i>some</i> political/selfish motive. Also, I think the general attitude of politicians tends to be "search for a principled stance against whatever the other party is doing", as in McCain's opposition to all our occupations pre-Iraq and Obama's support for what will be his power when he's president. This is sort of how I felt when McClellan did what he did — it was a baseline assumption that he had some political/selfish motive.

Also, I think the general attitude of politicians tends to be “search for a principled stance against whatever the other party is doing”, as in McCain’s opposition to all our occupations pre-Iraq and Obama’s support for what will be his power when he’s president.

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