Wow, thank you! I'm quite an admirer of yours!
It's funny, it was reading your diary and the comments that finally made me write this. I'm not angry or feeling the concern trolly vibe so much as wishing people were looking at this differently. We're sprinting for the finish line right now. I'm spitting nails re: the re-introducing of the FISA issue but maybe there was simply no putting off until next year...who knows. There it is like steaming turd on a platter, and Obama has to handle it as such.
C'est la vie!
have an admirer in me. I honestly think this is the most helpful (to me personally) diary I've read in months. It's very rare that I become unreasonable, but the FISA issue got to me. I feel better about it now, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate this diary.
It puts the whole "compromise" thing in a new (and far more palatable) light. If his stance on FISA takes ammo from the GOP and helps put him in the White House, it was well worth it. I expect this is what some people have been trying to say all along, but I haven't noticed anyone put it as clearly as you have. Kudos from a much relieved Clintonista for Obama!
Well again a huge thank you from me. It's always a little nerve-wracking to post when you're not so much a posty kind of person. So your kind words are encouraging and I'm glad it made even one person feel better.
It's a hard thing because you know in your heart what is right but there is so much more to consider. I nevery had a doubt in my mind that either Barack or Hillary would renew our national commitment to the Constitution as President. Unfortunately I think they both would have been confronted with the same steaming turd before the election and most likely handled it the same way. It sucks badly, but we've all seen exactly this sort of thing take down good people. We have 5ish months to get a grip. These things can be fixed, a McCain presidency cannot.
