I know it's been a while, and I have a substantive post I'm half done with, but I just couldn't resist commenting on some of the less than news-worthy news concerning Obama's budding presidency.
I love the fact that he has chosen Rick Warren to speak at the inauguration. I believe this is a strong signal that Obama wants to truly bridge the divide and be a president for everyone. It pisses me off that gay rights groups are crying about this, but it doesn't surprise me, even though these groups probably trashed President Bush for being polarizing and gave lip service to Obama uniting the country. I guess if you're going to reach out to everyone, then you're always going to push some away.
But what really made my eyes bug out of my head were Pat Robertson's recent comments about Obama. For all the crap I had to endure concerning Obama turning the country into some sort of socialist dictatorship, I was floored when good ol' Pat said this:
"I am remarkably pleased with Obama. I had grave misgivings about him. But so help me, he's come in forcefully, intelligently. He's picked a middle of the road cabinet. And so far, if he continues down this course, he has the makings of a great president." (emphasis mine Source)
Now I'm sure he had glowing things to say about President Bush at the beginning of his presidency, so I really couldn't care less about his judgement when it comes to how good a Pres Barry will be, but sometimes it's just fun to say "I told ya so."
9 comments:
Just give him time...
I think it is hilarious that Hilary is a "middle of the road" appointment... I like one appointment so far. Care to guess which one?
Hey... just wondering if you have read or watched anything by Milton Friedman. I am going to start a weekly post on my blog discussing his teachings on the economy. How do you think Freidman would view the country's current financial state, or Obama's take on it anyways?
i'm guessing you like that obama kept gates.
i would say as far as foreign policy, clinton is middle of the road.
i have never directly read anything by friedman. what i know about him is he got big in the seventies during "stagflation," and that he founded monetarism and was behind regan's economic policies. but here's my thing. i have no doubt that friedman was a brilliant economist with a lot of good ideas, but i refuse to buy into one single theory. therefore, because i spent virtually my entire high school and early college years learning about and believing economic theory popularized by friedman, i have spent the last few years reading people who disagree with him, namely paul krugman. so i would challenge you, and be interested in your take on this article: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19857 . i haven't read the whole thing yet, but it's an article by krugman critiquing friedman's work. it's not meant to be a slam on him or to say that everything friedman says is wrong and everything keynes said was right. it's simply a thoughtful critique.
my bad, i forgot to answer the other part of your question. i think friedman would frown on obama's plans since obama wants to do some very keynsian thing like spend a lot of money on building infrastructure and have demand focused tax cuts.
Now fess up... did you go to Wikipedia befor you wrote that first comment? Because your description of Freidman looks like it came directly out of the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article. Maybe it is just coincidental... But its ok to confess it if you didn't know who he was... I won't hold it against you. ;)
LOL.... here's what i did.
i typed: "i have never directly read anything by friedman. what i know about him is he got big in the seventies during "stagflation," and that he founded monetarism and was behind regan's economic policies."
and then i went to wikipedia to make sure i had my facts straight. but yes, i then read most of that article and that was how i found the krugman article.
i'm also somewhat familiar with thomas sowell who i think is a friedman disciple.
i was just picking at you for fun... glad you took it that way. :)
wonder on over to my blog. I want your input on a discussion I am in with Joe and Erica...
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