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Wednesday 30 September 2009

…I wouldn’t mind hearing about values from our current president. And more importantly, I wouldn’t mind seeing him act on them, whatever they are. No, compromise doesn’t count as a value. And personally, I’m over “let me talk about personal responsibility in front of a black audience because everybody likes that.” It was inspiring the first couple of times, but it’s starting to reinforce white people’s stereotypes that all black people need a talking-to about personal responsibility. Speaking of personal responsibility, let’s set aside for a moment the fact that Obama brought on the fellas who crashed the economy to fix it and hasn’t fired or investigated anyone who caused the Great Recession or who continues to suck bonuses from the blood of our 401(k)s. That would be looking backward, and we’re supposed to look forward. And forget about the wiretapping, the extraordinary renditions, all that civil liberties stuff. That would be looking forward, and we’re supposed to be looking away. No one really knows why he’s taken the positions he has on those issues because the reasons are all either classified or locked up in some jail cell in some country far away with duct tape over its mouth. Drew Westen

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