Confirma-se que a política é mesmo a arte de combinar o desejável e o possível.photo copyright
«During almost two years on the campaign trail, Barack Obama vowed to slay the demons of Washington, bar lobbyists from his administration and usher in what he would later call in his Inaugural Address a “new era of responsibility.” What he did not talk much about were the asterisks.»
«But the episode [a pair of cabinet nominees who did not pay all of their taxes] has already shown how, when faced with the perennial clash between campaign rhetoric and Washington reality, Mr. Obama has proved willing to compromise.»
«Every four or eight years a new president arrives in town, declares his determination to cleanse a dirty process and invariably winds up trying to reconcile the clear ideals of electioneering with the muddy business of governing.»
«And so in these opening days of the administration, the Obama team finds itself being criticized by bloggers on the left and the right, mocked by television comics and questioned by reporters about whether Mr. Obama is really changing the way Washington works or just changing which political party works it.»
(New York Times 2.2.2009)
Aliás a sucessão Bush Obama acaba por funcionar como a história do polícia mau/polícia bom. O mundo colaborá com o polícia bom (Obama) só porque teve a má experiência do polícia mau (Bush)!
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