"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:

I just can't get that out of my head, especially when Obama is
promoting/demanding honesty and integrity of government in the future.

Eisboch


You didn't seem so outspoken during the Bush Cheney Rumsfeld Gonzo
Administration, when virtually everything any of them said on significant
issues was a lie.


It's probably because like many I have some renewed interest in what's going
on in Washington.
Bush's terms in office were a slide towards disaster obviously, but I don't
simplify it by putting *all* the blame on him.

But now we have a chance for some real reforms and, for lack of an original
term, "Change" in the way Washington works. I am watching closely, not
because I supported some of Bush's actions, but because I am sick of the
whole DC way of doing things. Obama has promised Change. I think we all
have the right to expect him to do what he promised and to be critical of
actions that don't conform to his policy of principled government.

The biggest thing I think I learned (not being a political junkie) during
the past year is the power of public opinion. If enough people let it be
known, the pressure on Congress and the Presidency can be effective.

Eisboch