(July 30, 2013 at 4:10 pm)Faith No More Wrote:(July 30, 2013 at 3:35 pm)whateverist Wrote: Politically I'm much more of a pragmatist than an idealist. So is Obama. I celebrate incremental progress because I understand the architecture of our government keeps the status quo entrenched. There is no easy road to progress short of a radical restructuring of our entire government. In the meantime, inching the ball forward while preventing those who serve the 1% from pushing us further into serfdom seems worth doing to me.
Which would be great except for the fact that for each step of progress in ares like gay rights there has been equal, if not more, regress in areas like individual liberty, due process and general authoritarianism.
And that would be a valid criticism were it not for the fact that we'd likely be even worse off with a president lacking the support of either major party and completely screwed with another iteration of Bush.
