His comments touch on the one nagging fear I had about Obama during the campaign season. I was hopeful that the measured responses, and the calls for bi-partisanship were just a campaign strategy.
I am not bailing on the President. Overall, I am still pleased with the direction he is moving. Like Bill Maher, however, I want a more agressive attitude. He needs to twist arms, among Democrats, and ignore the Republicans. There will be no better time to pass the changes he promised in the campaign.
We in the field, knew these battles were not going to be won easily. If they are going to be won, it is only going to happen if the President rolls up his sleeves, and puts his popularity to good use.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
HBO's Bill Maher Takes On President Obama
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American politics are so entertaining. It's just too bad that they affect the lives of so many people. And not just Americans.
ReplyDeleteI'm learning a lot from you about American politics. Now I just need to find someone who will teach me about Canadian politics. Boring by comparison. No flamboyant characters on this side of the border. At least not since Chretien. Stephen Harper is about as exciting as Cream of Wheat. Still, at least our Right is waaaay left of your Right.
what about the Trudeaus's? I seem to remember some stories back then.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah. The Trudeaus top the list. Did you know that Margaret Trudeau 'came out' last year? She's bipolar. (Geez...people will use that as an excuse for anything...) She's now become a spokesperson for the disease. Good on 'er.
ReplyDeleteTrudeau did some great things, and he was definitely colourful. My father hated him. I laugh to think of it. Trudeau took this country through its darkest hour (not including WWI). Don't know what you know of our history. (Lots of Canadians don't know about what I am about to tell you, especially Westerners.) We had our own 'October Crisis', in 1970. The FLQ (La Federation du Liberation de Quebec - think that's right. You can figure out the meaning, I'm sure.) had been gaining momentum, in part through terrorist tactics like mailbox bombs. (It's one of the reasons my family left Montreal in 1969.) Then they kidnapped two politicians (don't remember their positions.) One was found dead in the trunk of a car, the other eventually released. Prior to that though, Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act, which is somewhat akin to your Patriot Act (Is that it? The one where you basically loose your civil rights.) I don't have a lot of perspective on it because I was so young, and some people say it lead to an abuse of power, but I still think he did the right thing. He basically said, "We will not be fucked with." (He would have said "fuddle-duddled" though - another story.)
So there's a little Canadian history/politics for you.