tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312946.post8234036051737239685..comments2023-11-02T09:46:37.785-05:00Comments on Griper News: The Stuff I Didn't Get To -- 3/26/09Wiscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312946.post-8214713358862066452009-03-29T20:22:00.000-05:002009-03-29T20:22:00.000-05:00I can sympathise with thinking that bong hits on W...I can sympathise with thinking that bong hits on White House suggestion boards are out of whack. But Obama's choice is simple: either he takes the suggestions seriously, or he dismisses them on the grounds that he personally doesn't agree.<BR/><BR/>Option 2 - the option he seems to be taking - is kinda silly. He's poo-pooing suggestions that he himself has solicited, which can only alienate his supporters; and he's staking out a position on an issue that he doesn't need to have a position on, which means that in future he'll have to either defend it or abandon it - either one of which will cost him, politically.vethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13376500106064052491noreply@blogger.com