Saturday, March 1, 2014

"What the Hell is the Presidency For?"

(Gary Younge @ the Guardian, via Jennifer Reft)

a piece that articulates something I've felt for quite some time now . . . 

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/23/what-is-barack-obama-presidency-for

btw, LBJ seems to me--and for quite some time now--vastly underrated. Wonder why? Take a peek sometime at his accomplishments during his Presidency vs someone such as, say, Bill Clinton, a President the Left adores, but whose record leaves much to be desired, right? (NAFTA? repeal of Glass-Steagall?). Our current President is more Bill Clinton than LBJ . . . and I think that is a problem. We haven't had an effective Democratic President since Richard Nixon (I know, I know).

We are due. Come on, Elizabeth Warren. We need you.  

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