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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	If it gets too depressing
	Date:	3/30/2009 12:29:46 PM

Take my approach during the inauguration.....I set up a one week cone of media silence around me. Yes it was gutless and childish of me but my blood pressure was already spiking. :-)

It is completely depressing to see how Pelosi and Reid are behaving and as I feared Obama can't or won't have any influence on them or their positions. If you remember in several of my pre-election diatribes (yes I recognize I go on diatribes.......I know, you never noticed, right?) I wondered whether Obama was more ideological or ambitious, the theory being if he were ambitious he might tack to the right on some issues ala Clinton. The jury is still out but I am not encouraged.

At some point I think a lot of Obama voters like yourself will realize that he didn't mean a lot of what he was saying during the campaign and is reflexively moving ever leftward to the great detriment of the long-term viability of the country and financial health of our children. Maybe in 2010 we can see a shift in the house of representatives that will act as more of a counterbalance. The Senate will likely not change much because there are more Republicans on the ballot.

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Budget and Deficit Insanity - MartiniMan - 3/30/2009 8:32:49 AM

Budget and Deficit Insanity - Talullahhound - 3/30/2009 9:57:22 AM

Budget and Deficit Insanity - lakngulf - 3/30/2009 11:04:09 AM

If it gets too depressing - MartiniMan - 3/30/2009 12:29:46 PM

Budget and Deficit Insanity - water_watcher - 3/31/2009 6:39:05 AM

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