tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516524448870006829.post1775922512086445752..comments2023-10-17T08:04:08.714-04:00Comments on The Examined Life: I Agree With What She Says (Extending the Tax Cuts)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614116686638969278noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516524448870006829.post-80082828530141339442010-12-09T10:22:39.228-05:002010-12-09T10:22:39.228-05:00I support our President Barack Obama, for no other...I support our President Barack Obama, for no other reason than I can count on him to think about what he does and to have the intelligence to know when he'd getting bad advice.<br /><br />I would have preferred to have the lower tax rates expire. I wanted to see the GOP have to stand up and fight FOR the rich. Now I know that the best thing we can do is stay aware that the next two years will be on them.Charlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17167633465853736197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516524448870006829.post-25595094900819904322010-12-09T09:57:53.049-05:002010-12-09T09:57:53.049-05:00Beth's article was excellent and optimistic in...Beth's article was excellent and optimistic in a time when we need that so much. I think I understand the perspective offered and I do so hope it's correct. Put me down in the Undecided column on this deal, still.<br /><br />I know I want to make phone calls today to my congresspersons, but I'm not yet sure what I want to say to them (like they're listening in SC, but, hey, it's my civic duty). It's just too weird to see Bernie Sanders and Jim DeMint on the same side of something.<br /><br />And, then, there's that deficit, which is what it is and what it has to be, but, in the name of deficit-reduction, we'll still be hearing endlessly about spending cuts on entitlements and government programs for the poorest Americans.<br /><br />Rock vs. Hard Place. <br /><br />I find myself so protective of this president. He looks very tired, maybe unwell, and I, like so many of his base, have vested our very identities in his presidency. He's My President and I want so much for him to succeed, for our sakes, for his own, and for history. When I don't understand a decision he's made, I search for his "long game" strategy and give him the benefit of every possible doubt. <br /><br />I'm up for doing that again, but not with an easy mind or light heart.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.com