The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #115883   Message #2503192
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
27-Nov-08 - 07:21 PM
Thread Name: BS: Popular Views: the Obama Administration
Subject: RE: Popular Views: the Obama Administration
The relevant thing will be what the people appointed actually do. The people appointed are in one sense tools, and we still have to find out how the man makes use of those tools.

Scepticism is a reasonable position to take in pretty well all political contexts, but it shouldn't be allowed to slide over into cynicism. By cynicism I mean when we find ourselves wanting to have our scepticism confirmed rather than hoping that it'll turn out that we were wrong.