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In with the Old (Obambi should retain Gates at DoD)(barfer)
Time magazine ^ | 6/18/2008 | Joe Klein

Posted on 06/21/2008 10:19:16 AM PDT by mojito

Barack Obama has never been shy about comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln. He did so when he announced his candidacy at the Illinois state capitol, where both he and Lincoln served in the legislature. "The life of a tall, gangly, self-made Springfield lawyer tells us that a different future is possible," Obama said. "He tells us that there is power in words ... He tells us that there is power in hope." That was, well, audacious, to say the least — and the comparisons have continued, on issues large and small. But the most important similarity, in Obama's mind, is how he plans to govern if elected.

Obama has said he admires Doris Kearns Goodwin's wonderful Lincoln biography, Team of Rivals. "He talks about it all the time," says a top aide. He is particularly intrigued by the notion that Lincoln assembled all the Republicans who had run against him for President in his war Cabinet, some of whom disagreed with him vehemently and persistently. "The lesson is to not let your ego or grudges get in the way of hiring absolutely the best people," Obama told me. "I don't think the American people are fundamentally ideological. They're pragmatic ... and so I have an interest in casting a wide net, seeking out people with a wide range of expertise, including Republicans," for the highest positions in his government.

....It has become something of a tradition for a President to claim bipartisanship by appointing stray members of the opposing party who either have a similar outlook or are tucked into the most obscure Cabinet positions....Obama seems intent on going beyond that. "I don't want to have people who just agree with me," he said. "I want people who are continually pushing me out of my comfort zone."

(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abrahamlincoln; irrelevant; nonsense; propaganda
Yawn. I posted this as an example of how silly and pointless Time has become. It's a thinly disguised propaganda piece, comparing the Messiah to Lincoln, and then going on to show how he would govern like Lincoln, while emphasizing the he would "keep the hammer down on al-Qaeda."

Does anyone other than maybe Obambi, and certainly the smitten Klein, believe a word of this?

1 posted on 06/21/2008 10:19:16 AM PDT by mojito
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To: mojito

LOL . . .Lincoln, haloed pictures, the Messiah, GODama.


2 posted on 06/21/2008 10:23:09 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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To: mojito

Liberal Joe Klein looks like the little guy that got beaten up every day in high school. As does Liberal Ronald Brownstein and the Liberal Howard Fineman.


3 posted on 06/21/2008 12:25:54 PM PDT by Rosemont ($4+ for gas. Can we drill now?)
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