Part 1: He’s a kinder, gentler fascist. He wants us to have support just as long as the Health corps(e) get their pound of flesh in the bargain. Holds up the idea that a typical Democrat is just nicer about stabbing you in the back than your typical Republican.

He doesn’t want to say anything about the blatant and subtle racist based attacks. But to deny it I think is wrong. He must know it is there but he should just acknowledge it then move on.

Part 2: Yes he is the president and he gets ready access in most venues. Though Fox still wants to interview him, again. Afghanistan? How definite will he be? McCrystal‘s assessment will it change his way of working there?

Then we need to start scaling back our overblown military right now. We can save billions a month doing so. We could have a much better country if we did. Then I could trust you in what you say. So far you support the imperial ambitions of our moneyed elites in the background. Corporate evangelicals who want to use the sword and commercial to remake the world safe for their God’s return. (In their mythos he won’t come back otherwise!)

Kid gloves interview. Why doesn’t anyone ever seem to mention the poor? Its always about the middle class, never about the impoverished.  I wish the interviewer would have asked a bit more about the mandate.  Obama said it was like car insurance mandates, except one can choose not to have a car and not pay car insurance.  I don’t like the idea of being forced to buy anything just for having a body, especially crappy insurance with lots of co-pays and high deductibles.  I guess I could choose not to have permanent residence and then not pay, we know the swelling numbers of homeless won’t be covered. I stand firm that a single payer plan is what we need.  I have a feeling the healthcare problem is only going to get worse from this legislation.

I am hopeful that Obama seems hesitant about Afghanistan.  The smartest move he could make is to start looking for ways to get out of there.