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Thinking about China

June 30, 2008 - 10:58 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Peterike
2008-07-02 15:02:59

I have a different question for Benj. Despite his endless palaver about O’s “imagination” I haven’t the slightest idea what Benj wants from O as President (other than a bunch of touchy-feely nonsense about pushing us out of our comfort zones).

Now me, I can easily rattle off a dozen things — concrete policies — that I want my President to do. (I won’t bother listing anything, because I already know nothing I want is going to get done by either candidate.) But I never hear such stuff from Benj. It’s all just rhapsodizing and heavy breathing, like a teenage girl mooning over a rock star.

So Benj, can you give me, say, six concrete POLICIES you want the Big O to implement? I’m curious about what you want him to DO when he gets there. And “reflecting our better selves” isn’t a policy, just in case you were wondering.