Jeff M wrote:
On 5/29/2010 1:11 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Jeff M wrote:

On 5/28/2010 10:43 PM, Because We Carry the Fire? wrote:


"Jeff wrote in message
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On 5/26/2010 10:47 AM, RBnDFW wrote:
Because We Carry the Fire? wrote:
Anybody know what color tie Obama will be wearing when he lays the
wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington this Memorial
Day? Just curious.

They said on the news this morning that he isn't going to do that
this
year.
Decided he needed a vacation instead.

*******

Both Bushes skipped wreath-laying ceremonies at the Tomb, and Reagan
missed fully half of the eight occasions during his presidency.

Why is Obama always striving to be just like Bush? I thought he was
about hope and change, or some such nursery rhyme.

Yep, in the more substantial ways that really matter, Obama is turning
out to be pretty much "Bush Lite." I think the awesome responsibilities
of the office, combined with the particularly nasty sh*t sandwich handed
over to him in his first days, have chastened him and made him shy away
from trying for anything more than incremental change. Even the much
ballyhooed and feared health care reform was just minor tinkering at the
margins, not anything new, visionary or reformative.


Yet he ramrodded that '**** for brains' 'Health Care Reform' package
down everyone's throat.

That's the rightard spin. But, in reality, it was duly passed by
Congress, after only the second longest debate in Senate history and
record spending by lobbyists and interest groups, with the Republicans
foolishly choosing to chant "NO!" instead of participating in shaping
the final bill.

The bill was "Shaped" in committees where Republicans were powerless and
their input ignored. That bill was written behind closed doors with no
bipartisan participation. Alternative bills were never allowed onto the
floor. Final vote was straight down party lines. The democrats own it,
as they will be reminded come November.
Good riddance.