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Originally Posted by peter12
So wounded soldiers are the vehicle for Barack Obama's political ambitions? That's even worse than mere callousness!
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Somehow I'm unconvinced by the sincerity of your outrage. In any case, Obama's overall plans for the health care system in the U.S. are an entirely separate topic.
What's weird to me is how everything gets exaggerated with this guy. He wants to raise taxes on the top portion of income for the wealthiest Americans by 3%, and suddenly "he's a socialist!" (never mind that that same rate was 11% higher
under Reagan!) He proposes a pragmatic (overly so, in my view) solution to an obviously broken health care system, and "he's a radical!" He ask private insurers to take on some of the health care costs for veterans and "he's a callous fiscal conservative!" He proposes spending money on the ailing infrastructure to stimulate the economy and "he spends too much money!"
For some people, he can't win. I guess for others, maybe he can't lose. My own view is that he's just a guy trying to govern--an exceptional person in many ways, but in every sense an imperfect human being doing his best to do what he thinks is right. But then I think that about most politicians.
I guess what I'm suggesting is that we all be a little less trigger-happy about judging Obama's character until we've seen what he's capable of.