Thanks, Lyle.  And you, Tom (in another message).



Quoting "Lyle R. Krewson" <[log in to unmask]>:

> 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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