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[jedophile]

I want to make it clear that I'm honestly not even sure where Obama actually lies on this issue, because he's been pretty inconsistent about it, but I'm still not feeling good about it.

Let's cross our fingers. I hope you're all right about him. I really do.

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[annaclaire]

I'm surprised at how all of Obama's advisers are former Clinton advisers.

This is not change.

[vulgarlad]

Virtually any Democrat currently in power between the ages of 35 and 75 more likely than not served some sort of a function at some point in time during the 8-year long Clinton White House. So of course some of his advisors are going to have been prior Clinton advisors. A clean slate would be logistically impossible, unless he planned on filling with White House with inexperienced individuals.

~the lad

[annaclaire]

But Obama suggested during the primary, both implicitly and explicitly, that the Clinton years weren't so great and he would be different. It appears his administration is going to be an extension of Clinton's at this point.

I supported Hillary during the primary, mostly because I appreciated the fact that she was an unapologetic creature of the system, who felt it could be utilized to help people. I never bought Obama's "change" rhetoric, and I resented the way he talked about Hillary and the rest of the Washington crew - people he clearly needs right now as president-elect.

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[jedophile]

You're both right.

I voted for Clinton in the primary for similiar reasons, and for universal health care.

The change rhetoric is almost never anything but rhetoric. JFK wasn't such a great president.