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CharlesF

Submitted July 10, 2008 - 3:37 pm by John in Illinois (not verified)

Just to add a little to Al's comment.  Charles, you are confusing what the criticism is about.  If you read the comments carefully, you will note that many people have objected to both the bill and the vote.  What the post is really about is the extremism of the reaction.  It is not a coherent disagreement with Obama's position, it is a "Since I disagree with this particular vote, you (Obama) aren't getting my support anymore". 

 

It is this type of reaction that people are criticizing.  It is what some of us here call forgetting the long term goal because of the specific vote. 

 

I may disagree with Al about the actual consequences of the bill, not necessarily in a technical sense but in a psychological sense, but I agree that we can't overreact to it either.

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