sweeping ethics reform in the obama admin lasts 2 days

new rules that would "close the revolving door that lets lobbyists come into government freely" disregarded 2 days after being adopted.
every single statement comes with an expiration date

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Palin and Bush would have no idea what central casting even means. Come on, you're really grasping.

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There's all sorts of reasons that could explain why most of the comments are critical, louisamay. I, for one, will freely admit that I am totally enamoured of the Obama administration. But he's still a politician, and after eight years of Bush, the default suspicion that everyone feels towards politicans can only have worsened. Despite my admiration, I'm very sceptical of Obama and hope that he spends the next four years proving to us all that there's no need to be.

Also, ever noticed that the people who are happy with something tend not to bang on about it, while the people who aren't happy just won't shut up? Do you really think that a handful of comments on a website (I haven't checked the link, but I'd be surprised if there were even 100 comments on the story in question) are truly indicative of what everybody in your entire country thinks?

Plus there's the old "empty vessel makes most noise" chestnut.

Obama can't change everything overnight, and the scepticism and critiques that are emerging now are, frankly, completely healthy. Better for everyone to have lowered expectations that are either met or exceeded than for everyone to expect him to fix everything OMGNOW and be summarily let down when it takes several years to make the most significant changes. And part of the fun of a democracy is that Obama cannot do anything all by himself (well, maybe he can pee). So let's try to apportion any blame in a more fair manner, eh? :P

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jack my thread? clearly an obama supporter who wanted to change the topic from the failure to manage to stick to their own rules.

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It would only apply to republicans...

It would only apply to republicans...

"I was doing it for the female black pilots of the world."

LOL. Add short ugly people, too.

Is it too soon to start making "But . . . but . . . but . . . BUSH!" comments?

"even a mere 75% improvement over Bush/Cheney is going to put the country on a better course than Palin/McCain ever would have."

Amen, Namo

I would hate to see where the country would be today under President Palin.

The FBI raided the former office...

We're all now responsible for everywhere we've been even after we've left.

The one thing about Obama is that he at least appears to be trying to do the right thing. It is not going to be easy in Washington's bureaucratic quagmire. DC is infested with unscrupulous people. And he may not always know what is right:

Now, about those Northern Rockies wolves. We'll see Oby's administration in court.

"the ones we kill before then won't.

You now represent the Obama administration?

We'll get to court before the killing starts.