tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post5522410951264648405..comments2023-10-19T08:52:22.706-05:00Comments on Betty & Bimbo: A Blog: Disappointed in ObamaBetty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-68616707183062745822008-06-25T21:13:00.000-05:002008-06-25T21:13:00.000-05:00Though I don't think "vitriol" describes my own cr...Though I don't think "vitriol" describes my own criticisms of Hillary Clinton, I don't want my disappointment to be taken as some acknowledgement that Obama's flaws have sunk him in my estimation to the low in which I hold Sen. Clinton.<BR/><BR/>Nancy D is largely right, I think, that political figures are a product of the process. And there is no denying that we have a perverse and ugly process.Koko the Clownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854580545005006492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-82405385552952063522008-06-23T13:40:00.000-05:002008-06-23T13:40:00.000-05:00We should always be skeptical of anyone claiming t...We should always be skeptical of anyone claiming to be a "different kind of politician" because politicians are nothing more than products of the political process. It takes so much time, money, and unholy alliances to be successful in politics that no one, and certainly no one who won the presidential nomination of a major political party, can be free from corrupting influences. (See today's Nancy D., Girl Detectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463086935236039905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-2647242622584102332008-06-21T12:42:00.000-05:002008-06-21T12:42:00.000-05:00Bimbo appreciates Koko's comments. It's been a bad...Bimbo appreciates Koko's comments. It's been a bad week for Obama in many ways -- his support for the FISA amnesty "compromise" was just as disheartening. <BR/><BR/>If we believe that "the ends justify the means" mentality is damaging - that changing the system is as important as one electoral victory, then Obama's recent campaign ad is also a throwback to the tired playbook he said he would be Betty and Bimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com