Posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on January 12, 2009, at 23:43:24
In reply to Re: Good company, posted by Sigismund on January 9, 2009, at 4:50:46
> >George W. Bush did a considerable amount for promoting fair trade and Third World causes, such as debt reduction and helping to get cheap and lifesaving AIDS drugs to Africa.
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> He did, but timing is everything.Ya, that's politics, eh? heh. I've been learning a lot in particular from Bono, with his way of diplomacy and grace, while still standing for his issues. One thing I really try to get away from, especially as I get older, is 'party politics'. It's the people, not the party, that *make* the candidate. That has been a hard lesson for me too learn. But, as I approach middle age, I am 'mellowing', in a way I very much like, to see beyond 'black and white'. I've actually read with enthusiasm about some of the issues that President Bush Jr. has dealt with in a way I consider good for humankind. The Humanitarian issues in Africa where the ones I really stood up and noticed.
It also has to be said, there are a few key elected Republicans who said they will give Obama their full co-operation. I was impressed, because it bothered me the way that many of them treated Bill Clinton. But, have they learned a lesson? It may be so. Obama certainly does not have to give in to every Republican demand just to prove he is a "co-operative" President. But, at least he will listen, and respect. We so badly need these things in politics...the "gentle persons" way. It doesn't matter left, right, center. We, I think, could really get so much more done this way. Maybe I am talking a bit about the "Third Way"...but certainly not as an absolute 'solution'.
Jay
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