'O'NO!'s change???????????

[427 S/O]

Say what you will about McCain's economic advisors, 'O'NO!'s economic advisors dropped anchor in washington while he was still in diapers....


Rubin, the architect of NAFTA, yes!, the dumb ass that sold the idea Canada and Mexico had equal economies???, also the guy who championed Wall Street deregulation as Clinton Treasury secretary, and an executive at a bank at the center of the current crisis; Sperling, Summers and Tyson who also championed Wall Street deregulation under Clinton; Daley, who was the chief Wall Street favor-granter as Commerce Secretary and NAFTA advocate; Volcker, a right-leaning former Fed chairman; Buffet, perhaps progressive on taxation, but nonetheless the world's richest man and not a progressive; and Paul O'Neill who, despite his criticism of Bush on non-economic issues, is a conservative economic ideologue.

The only progressive person you have in this bunch is Stiglitz. You can disagree around the edges (for instance, you can claim that Buffett is more progressive than I believe he is). But it is absolutely undebatable that there's not a single representative from the progressive/labor/New Deal wing of the Democratic Party. Not a one. There's not a single "new" person here - a single person that represents fundamental "change" in the transformative way it is being billed.

This isn't Lincoln-esque Team of Rivals - this is a team of Washington insiders and Wall Street yes-people, an incredibly - nay, shockingly - narrow Establishment world view. Just like the media continues to ignore those who originally opposed the Iraq War and grant the aura of credibility to those who started it, Obama's selection ignores the wide variety of movement progressives who have been predicting this meltdown for years, in favor of those largely representing a world view that brought us to this point.

If this is "diversity" of opinion, it will make the phrase "the more things change the more they stay the same" the motto of the 2008 campaign.

[NeoConMan]

Originally Posted by 427 S/O

Buffet, perhaps progressive on taxation, but nonetheless the world's richest man and not a progressive;

you can claim that Buffett is more progressive than I believe he is

Buffet is a bleeding heart Liberal at his core.
Capitalism has a way of changing that in our daily lives and financial moves, so outwardly he looks like a suit.

I watched a "Biography" on A&E about him a few months ago, which prompted me to do a little digging.

His wife was basically a hippie in her ideology, early on she managed to sway Buffet and his fortunes to that end.
He was separated from her many years ago, and got out of the whole Liberal Benefactor groove and got back into Wall Street, but never left his Lefty leanings very far behind.

As a Capitalist Pig myself, I have immense respect for Buffet.
As a Conservative, I don't put much weight into his social observations.
If he wants to give money to charity and support Welfare-minded Americans, that's his choice. I think more Liberals should follow his shiming example and put their OWN DAMNED MONEY where their mouth is - instead of mine.