People who rely on their street smarts spend their lives on the streets. They aren't movin' on up like George and Weezy.

Totally not true. Some of the most successful people I know used their street smarts to get where they are.

Obama not knowing that the insurgency would be a concern if we pull out of Iraq. I mean, I hear George W. Bush is stupid, but even he's not THAT stupid.

He's a lawyer, liar, lawyer, liar, say that three times fast. What, you thought he was being honest? He doesn't know who HE is. Some ugly shit be comin'. Like that skinny little fuck Pete on MadMen, he wonders if he should get a dog, because it would look good to the clients.

CASCA! Don't tell me, I only just finished the 1st season. So there will be a dog? No, no, don't say a word.

That reminds me - I have to post the draft about it.

I think that you are reaching desperately to make that interpretation in isolation.

Karol must not have gotten the memo!

"The events of the past two weeks should be reassuring to anybody who feared that Obama would veer to the left or would suffer self-inflicted wounds because of his inexperience. He’s off to a start that nearly justifies the hype."

Thanks David Brooks!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/opinion/21brooks.html

"But conservatives should think twice before charging into battle against Obama under the banner of “small-government conservatism.”

Thanks Bill Kristol.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/opinion/08kristol.html?_r=2

Thanks Bill Kristol even more for this nugget:

Writing in The Weekly Standard's blog, Michael Goldfarb wrote hopefully about Clinton "even present[ing] the case for war with Iran to an insubordinate United Nations in the event that Obama's personal diplomacy somehow fails to deter the mullahs from their present course." His editor, Bill Kristol, responded to the news with a giddy email: "I look forward to working with her!"

"Clinton would be a fine Secretary of State, and she is likely to be a nuisance to Obama whether she is inside or outside of his administration, but as our top diplomat she could reprise a role that made Powell a kingmaker in this year’s election. And perhaps she could even present the case for war with Iran to an insubordinate United Nations in the event that Obama's personal diplomacy somehow fails to deter the mullahs from their present course."

Thanks Weekly Standard!

http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/11/hail_clinton.asp

"Obama finds himself in a much stronger position to lead than that enjoyed by his predecessor. He could use his wide popularity and his considerable influence over public opinion in America and across the globe to support democratic dissidents from all over the world. In doing so, he could unite Americans behind a policy that is based on the very democratic ideals that have always made America, as another senator from Illinois who became president so aptly put it, the last, best hope on Earth."

Hmmm...who could gush so lyrically about America and yet screw up our history (Abe was never a US Senator).

You guessed it. Sharanksy!

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-sharansky24-2008nov24,0,6994187.story

We know what rats do on a sinking ship. Sorry Republicans and conservatives. You've been conned-neoconned.

It's still a bit early to know what Obama is going to do. My take on his appointments is he just doesn't care that much about foreign policy and is willing to let it run on autopilot. What will really be telling is what happens legislatively in the first six months or so of his administration.

It's obvious that Obama has reached Phase 2 of his business plan.

He's either naive, or he straight out lied about pulling out of Iraq to win the election.

Wrong.

He didn't have the security briefing that he just received as President-Elect when he was campaigning.

Beyond that, if you think that candidates do anything *but* lie to win an election, you're rather naive. I don't believe that's the case, Karol, but that's what it sounds like you're insinuating.

Pokerwolf, so...you think he lied too. So what am I wrong about?

And not all candidates lie, that's as much of a canard as "all men cheat".

I was going to say what Pokerwolf said, but I'm glad he didn't. He was more succinct.

As the campaigner he expressed a position based on his values. As the P-elect, with his generals in counsel [generals who actually understand what went wrong with the Vietnam strategy], he weighed his values against the wisdom of his advisors, and changed his policy.

It would be interesting to see how your opinions of political operators change if you got out of the propaganda business and actually had some responsibility to govern.

People who rely on their street smarts spend their lives on the streets. They aren't movin' on up like George and Weezy.

Wow! That's some Weapons-Grade Stoooooooooooooooopid™ right there.

I guess sodomy does cause brian damage.