Good comments, BIll.
On Dec 19, 2008, at 11:47 a, Bill Witt wrote:

> I for one don't intend to apologize for voting for Obama, nor for that
> matter am I sorry that my wife and I supported him financially (with
> more $$ by at least an order of magnitude than we've ever given
> another candidate); we also housed an Obama staffer, gratis, for 7
> months; and we volunteered many days of effort.  I am concerned,
> however, that Obama may be developing a more serious case of  
> Clintonitis than I'd expected, and that it should be treated early.
>
> I'm bothered by the Vilsack appointment--Tom Matthews is right that  
> Vilsack panders to the corporate imperators,
> while paying loftysounding lip service to us non-rich, non- 
> influential, plebeian
> types.  SC's concerns about his "truthiness" were conveyed in the  
> tone of the news release,
> which expressed "congratulations."  Compare that to the release on the
> Solis appointment, in which Carl Pope uses the word "overjoyed".
>
> I'm also bothered by the naming of Rick Warren to give the  
> invocation at the Inauguration.  This is a symbolic and momentary  
> appointment of course, but it is also high-profile.  I have gay and  
> lesbian friends who are thunderstruck that such a prominent  
> homophobe will be first on the podium on the Capitol porch.  Obama  
> may see this as reaching across the ideological aisle, but he can  
> reach without falling out of the pew.
>
> BW

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