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Obama Needs a Family Plan

KManInLaLa Wrote: Nov 21, 2012 10:39 PM
I wouldn't call JG "clueless"; optmistic, yes, but not as you say. It's certainly true that BHO cares only about himself, but plenty of others not only care, they go out and speak out about it; they're either not covered or shouted down by the status qup. Remember Bill Cosby? He showed supreme guts in calling out blacks in general about this same subject, and I applauded him for that. We need more like-minded people, of both left and right, to step up and confess the obvious--and we need to acknowledge them when they do. If Spike Lee or Denzel Washington were to honestly do so, I'd give them credit for it. The Left will fight like mad, but so what? Time for people of courage to step forth.

President Obama has several stated ambitions for his presidency. He wants it to be "transformative." He wants to unite Americans of all parties. He wants to build an economy from the middle class out (whatever that means), and he wants to help what you might call the domestic refugees of America's economic transformation.

Given the principled disagreements dividing left and right in America, it's hard to see how he can accomplish these goals when it comes to conventional economic policy.

But there is one area where Obama could be transformative and bipartisan while helping both the middle class and...

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