A belated thanks from across the pond...

[Hwjb]

Okay, so the media's portrayal of your new president as Jesus Obama Christ can get a little tiring, but it's difficult to argue that, relative to his predecessor at least, and acknowledging limited evidence, he's not a force for good.

Originally Posted by Hwjb

Okay, so the media's portrayal of your new president as Jesus Obama Christ can get a little tiring, but it's difficult to argue that, relative to his predecessor at least, and acknowledging limited evidence, he's not a force for good.

Its not like George Bush wanted to be the force for bad.
And we still have a great fondness for Tony Blair.
(by polling anyways)
So that shows how much we know.

Imo we are very concerned about the economy
and the fact that no one knows for sure how the
hell we are going to come out of this mess.
GW himself was caught off camera cussing out
all the investment banks with their fkn fancy financial
instruments and greed that really screwed us up
and started a big mess.

So its not like the guy is the devil. He had lost
all political clout and was helpless more than anything.
He could not have fixed anything given he had very
little power into his second term. And he is now relenting
on his foreign policy mistakes and dropping hints that
he may have relied too much on Cheney.

Bush was the president but it is clear now our
screwups in foreign policy were exacerbated a great
deal by our Vice President. From the beginning.

[Danzig]

i don't watch a lot of news, getting most of my news from the paper and reading online...so any fawning doesn't get to me.
i do think expectations are a bit high, but how could they not be?