jcp026

Hey, guys. This "you didn't make that happen" controversy is B.S. He was saying that businesses didn't build roads, bridges, etc. It got picked up by the Romney campaign, which is understandable, but it was also pick up and selectively edited by a supposed news organization (Fox News). Romney slammed Obama for not giving small business owners credit for their achievements and then made the same argument the president did. Not a real story.

I didn't get a chance to comment at the end of the birther thread. Here it is. Colin Powell, even with the aluminum tube smudge on his resume, would be a great president. John McCain, circa 2000, would have been a great president. Not as much in 2008 or now. He's been subject to the same forces that push most politicians to the political extremes. There was a time when the most conservative democrat was more conservative than the most liberal republican, and vice versa. That's when we worked together.