The Slab: Politics

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Politics

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative
the day after the revolution.
-- Hannah Arendt

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JamTheCatDecember 23, 2009 at 1:39 AM
How disgusting that she's right...not that Obama ever was a true revolutionary. But then, I didn't vote FOR him; I voted against the GOP. I'm still disappointed in his spinelessness and lack of leadership but not devastated as were some of my friends who were fool enough to think he was the second coming of JFK or FDR or something.
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RedCedarDecember 23, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Popular as he was, JFK was no FDR, either. It was Lyndon Johnson who actually enacted most of the truly liberal legislation. JFK is remembered, but if you actually go back and examine the history you'll see that the assassination was what imprinted him so strongly on people's memories.
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AnonymousDecember 24, 2009 at 2:39 PM
Proof that America is so manly that it has a dick long enough to fuck itself!
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