Barack Obama

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10. Well, we're a big tent party so there won't ever be ideological purity, which is in the eye of the

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 06:42 PM

Jan 2014

beholder anyway. I have no more use for Blue Dogs than you do. And I appreciate everything you've done; we all owe you a great debt of gratitude. Just don't let anyone - even the turkeys who slipped in under the tent flap - discourage or slow you down. With your last breath you'll be glad. And try to remember that long arc of justice. We won't always live to see the beneficial results of our political gardening. Even if there were never any results and we were doomed forever (which we are NOT) it wouldn't lessen our obligation to fight for every square inch of ground in the least. Let's just proceed in the most effective manner possible, and I've found that's generally in tight formation.

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An apology to the group [View all] Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 OP

Well said~ sheshe2 Jan 2014 #1

I missed the post, but your apology is eloquent and clear.. mountain grammy Jan 2014 #2

Thanks for the note. grantcart Jan 2014 #3

I'd buy it except for one thing, Kelvin: IrishAyes Jan 2014 #4

I did NOT know Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #5

Didn't mean I wouldn't pardon you. Said I'm sure we've all been down that path one way or another! IrishAyes Jan 2014 #6

By all means Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #7

Well, I imagine quite a few good Democrats disagree with the President from time to time and to IrishAyes Jan 2014 #8

I consider myself a liberal first, Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #9

Well, we're a big tent party so there won't ever be ideological purity, which is in the eye of the IrishAyes Jan 2014 #10

Thanks Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #12

I understand. Because I had to slip-slide into early retirement on a wing and a prayer, IrishAyes Jan 2014 #13

PS: re profile, I didn't exactly grow up in the NorthEast. Army brats with a career military dad IrishAyes Jan 2014 #11