Eisboch wrote:

"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


Well, I expect the Obama admin will be significantly more "honest" than
the Bush admin. I do not expect perfection. I do not expect Obama,
Biden, Clinton, or Holder will tell bold-faced lies to the American
people about what their admin is doing and why.