Blaming the Guy Who Came Before Doesn’t Work Long

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/us/politics/12memo.html?ref=todayspaper

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From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:34 AM
Subject: re: Blaming the Guy Who Came Before Doesn’t Work Long
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To the Editor:

President Obama swept into office on a wave of popularity that was both broad and deep; it won't last forever. Day by day as he persists in covering up, rather than prosecuting warrantless wiretaps and torture, he risks making the sins of his predecessors his own. Who now remembers that Richard Nixon was elected on a pledge to get us out of the Democrats' war in Vietnam? In 2009, the president of the United States is faced with guiding us through troubles that would try the wits of a genius and the patience of a saint. There is no time, no budget and no room for defending the indefensible.

Barry Levine