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merc - did you REALLY need to quote the WHOLE thing over again.. to say, good post?

NY Times token righty columnist David Brooks is quoted at Huffington Post, the first time that site has had something thoughtful to add to the debate (usually it specializes in empty snark):

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Obama has the great intellect. I was interviewing Obama a couple years ago, and I'm getting nowhere with the interview, it's late in the night, he's on the phone, walking off the Senate floor, he's cranky. Out of the blue I say, 'Ever read a guy named Reinhold Niebuhr?' And he says, 'Yeah.' So i say, 'What did Niebuhr mean to you?' For the next 20 minutes, he gave me a perfect description of Reinhold Niebuhr's thought, which is a very subtle thought process based on the idea that you have to use power while it corrupts you. And I was dazzled, I felt the tingle up my knee as Chris Matthews would say.

And the other thing that does separate Obama from just a pure intellectual: he has tremendous powers of social perception. And this is why he's a politician, not an academic. A couple of years ago, I was writing columns attacking the Republican congress for spending too much money. And I throw in a few sentences attacking the Democrats to make myself feel better. And one morning I get an email from Obama saying, 'David, if you wanna attack us, fine, but you're only throwing in those sentences to make yourself feel better.' And it was a perfect description of what was going through my mind. And everybody who knows Obama all have these stories to tell about his capacity for social perception.

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Originally Posted by classicman (Post 491305)

No dar I got that - and it registered - Its just not what I'm looking for here - I want their abilities, what they've done, just the positives about them. I'm gonna do a negative thing separately - that'll probably be a much longer list.

You have to read the tiny print at the bottom of the ad... Past results are not a guarantee of future performance, Your mileage may vary, Performed by a professional driver on a closed course, If an erection lasts more than 4 hours, call your doctor, etc.

Look for attitude, goals, honesty.

Yeh thats true xob, but there are no guarantees with this product and you usually don't know whether they did a good or bad job until they are gone. That 5-10 year lag. Look at Carter - He got elected on the whole "Change mantra" and that didn't work out so well.
I'm just gonna flip a coin and get this done - I originally wanted to mail in my absentee ballot this weekend.

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Originally Posted by Cicero (Post 491346)

I am looking down my nose and pointing my finger at you!!!That's the best!!:D

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I wanna be looking down yer blouse. :lol2:

lol! I don't think you know why that's so funny.....but uh...Better luck next time.

Suckeer!!!

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Originally Posted by Cicero (Post 492136)

lol! I don't think you know why that's so funny.....but uh...Better luck next time.

Suckeer!!!

I can only hope. Lean over a bit more will ya. :D

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