[Grovenet] Statesmanship Rediscovered

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Yes I was impressed with Senator Obama in that interview. 

It was Indonesia, then his mother remarried after his father returned to
Africa. 

He sounds like White House material to me as well. As he said, he didn't
agree with trying to "airbrush" all the imperfections out of a person who
was striving for public office. 

That'll work as long as  most voters want to elect a person to the job
instead of someone they want to believe is a "God". Unfortunately, the last
couple of elections have suggested that too many voters want the fantasy of
electing a deity who can do no wrong. 

It'll be a very interesting primary process coming our way.

Ron D'Eau Claire 


  

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Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 12:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Statesmanship Rediscovered



On Feb 11, 2007, at 1:32 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> I find Secretary of Defense Robert Gates a refreshing example of
> statesmanship and effective political thinking.
>
> I make that observation here because I suspect anything that comes
> from the current administration is dismissed out of hand by many  
> people today. I invite those who feel that way to look more closely.

Yes.  Amazing the changes when we cease to have a one party system.

Did you happen to see the interview with Obama on "60 Minutes"  
tonight?  I didn't know that he was an African-American.

Really.  I had thought that both of his parents were American  
citizens.  Instead one parent was a foreign national from the  
continent of Africa.  And he lived for a time in Asia, I think they  
said Indonesia.  He must have had an interesting childhood.

The interview said that Obama was one of the few to vote against the  
resolution authorizing the invasion of Iraq.

There is hope that the electoral process can still attract  
legislators rather than mere politicians.

David
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