jeffjacoby.com - 12/25/2008
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CAN YOU HEAR the grumbling over in what Howard Dean used to call
boston.com - 12/24/2008
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boston.com —
The tolerance-and-diversity crowd is upset with Barack Obama;
it seems the president-elect has been bringing people into...
his circle who don't agree with them on every single issue.
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Obama and peeved progressives
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Dissecting Leftism —
... pungent: "Obama throws another middle finger to liberals." ... Still, Obama is hardly in danger of turning into anything resembling a right-winger. With his trillion-dollar "stimulus" proposal, he is inviting comparisons to FDR. And with committed liberals like Tom Daschle as Health and Human Services secretary, Carol Browner as energy czar, and Eric Holder as attorney general, the Obama administration is never going to be accused of harboring Republican tendencies. More here Whichever way you look at it, Obama sure is a champion con-man. Amusing that ...
Maybe Obama really is a centrist
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
... pungent: "Obama throws another middle finger to liberals." ... Still, Obama is hardly in danger of turning into anything resembling a right-winger. With his trillion-dollar "stimulus" proposal, he is inviting comparisons to FDR. And with committed liberals like Tom Daschle as Health and Human Services secretary, Carol Browner as energy czar, and Eric Holder as attorney general, the Obama administration is never going to be accused of harboring Republican tendencies. More here Whichever way you look at it, Obama sure is a champion con-man. Amusing that ...
Maybe Obama really is a centrist
Stop The ACLU —
... was more pungent: “Obama throws another middle finger to liberals.” … Still, Obama is hardly in danger of turning into anything resembling a right-winger. With his trillion-dollar “stimulus” proposal, he is inviting comparisons to FDR. And with committed liberals like Tom Daschle as Health and Human Services secretary, Carol Browner as energy czar, and Eric Holder as attorney general, the Obama administration is never going to be accused of harboring Republican tendencies. More here Whichever way you look at it, Obama sure is a champion con-man. Amusing that it seems to be ...
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