Posts by Tinshed

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  • Hard News: It's not OK to just make…,

    Sounds like bitch slaps all round. Sigh.

    Wellington, New Zealand • Since Jul 2008 • 12 posts Report

  • Hard News: Foreign Affairs,

    I think you have it exactly right. It is so hard to imagine America voting as President someone, in the form of McCain, who makes Winston Peters look like the epitome of intelligence, gravitas and sincerity. Very hard. I believe America is in decline: the question is: how much. If McCain is elected, then we will know for sure the decline is terminal. If it is Obama, well, there is some hope. (Look at the pictures at http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/24/164149/523/904/556422 and tell me the faces aren't full of hope.) The wise cynics amongst us [e.g. LegBreak], amongst us will gladly point out that Obama is full of platitudes, etc. Well, whatever: he is an order of magnitude better than anyone else on offer. He is an intelligent, articulate and sincere person. We need him. Plain and simple.

    Wellington, New Zealand • Since Jul 2008 • 12 posts Report

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