Obama love

[andygates]

"I can say without exception or equivocation that the United States will not torture."  -- just now,

Good man.  Okay, I'm realistic enough to know that every state has dark cellars with nasty people in 'em, but torture as policy and the mealy, weaselly way that the Bush administration described it as not *really* torture, that was foul and it stank.

Comments

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Is it just that we're used to expecting the low-as-a-snakebelly villainy and evasiveness of the last lot?

[teahisme.livejournal.com]

maybe. I know people that think he will run the country into the ground. Sadly I cannot even understand that position enough to be able to argue with them. It is just a fail. Nothing they could say can make me see their POV. I'm not usually in that boat.

I'm very hopeful for the country. I feel like Jean Luc just took office. tee hee!