[Peace-discuss] Hey, Obama-lovers: he did it again...

[Tom Abram]

Nope.  Just explaining how I interpret part of his flawed strategy - not to
say I agree with him on it.  It's the same strategy he used on health care.
Let's start with a watered down proposal and weaken it even further through
compromise.  Of course, he can't let down his corporate donors either.

Tom

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:58 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu>wrote:

> Are you *defending* him, Tom?
>
> He is after all the president.  Instead of accepting the
> Republican/business view, he could have led in the other direction.  But
> it's been clear for a while (since he entered politics, in fact) that he's
> desperate to flack for the business elite.
>
> I hope you weren't polite about him.  Regards, Carl
>
> Tom Abram wrote:
>
>> I think it's his attempt to compromise on an already watered down
>> cap-and-trade bill in order to curry favors from the Republicans who are
>> just
>> going to vote against it anyway.
>>
>> WCIA took some soundbites from me this afternoon, so hopefully it will air
>> at
>> 10pm.
>>
>> Tom Abram
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:31 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu<mailto:
>> galliher at illinois.edu>> wrote:
>>
>> That socialist Obama on his decision to open up the coast to oil drilling:
>>
>> "Ultimately, we need to move beyond the tired debates between right and
>> left,
>> between business leaders and environmentalists, between those who would
>> claim
>> drilling is a cure all and those who would claim it has no place. Because
>> this issue is just too important to allow our progress to languish while
>> we
>> fight the same old battles over and over again..."
>>
>> When I read this remark this morning, I immediately assumed it was another
>> Onion parody, using Obama's hackneyed and ridiculous diction to say
>> something
>> he couldn't possibly say.  Then I read the rest of the news & learnt of
>> his
>> latest betrayal...
>>
>
>

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