tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post907618108317004357..comments2023-10-26T05:08:20.977-04:00Comments on Connecting.the.Dots: Learning to Love Obama AgainROBERT STEINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999996852219220599noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-65673002406091979112012-07-13T13:24:55.959-04:002012-07-13T13:24:55.959-04:00Peggy Noonan writes in her "Ennui.." art...Peggy Noonan writes in her "Ennui.." article that the current campaign lacks the drama and fire of the 1932 and 1980 elections. <br /><br />Sorry, Peg, no hostage crisis this time. No Great Depression, either. Check out a Yankees game for more excitement. <br /><br />Also, when it comes to getting things done, it takes two to tango. The extent to which the Senate Republicans have used the filibuster has shown us all how a hostile party can just about shut down a government.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365403570563730880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-92187898838243293492012-07-11T16:44:01.575-04:002012-07-11T16:44:01.575-04:00I have never stopped loving Obama, principally bec...I have never stopped loving Obama, principally because I refused from the outset to deify him. That's as racist as the Saintly Negro, who showed up in a few 1980s/90s movies suffering from either a speech impediment, mild retardation or both, as well as a common wisdom that in the end showed the white people a thing or two. I'm white, but that always made me barf. Love you, Mr. President, gray hair and all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-40439026381811810432012-07-11T16:11:57.771-04:002012-07-11T16:11:57.771-04:00I think, as we get closer to the election, most of...I think, as we get closer to the election, most of us (older folks) will start to feel that "Obama fever" again. And to tell the truth, I always had a feeling in the back of my mind that he was promising too much, not that that tempered my enthusiam for him the first time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com