Three weeks into the Obama era and already the new president has shown signs that the Messiah-like qualities attributed to him during his brilliant campaign may have been naive and hyperbolic (do ya think?). Of course, any sensible person knew all along that Barack Obama was just a dude, a human being with human deficiencies who, no matter what how powerful his intellect and sense of purpose, could not possibly Change the Universe single-handedly.
Still, there was reason for hope (and really, there's reason for hope, still). But having three prospective political appointees test positive for tax dodges threw a little dust onto Obama's squeaky-clean visage.
And worse than that, it looks like Obama might be willing to hold onto one of the more odious legal parlour tricks of the Bush administration - the state secrets privilege that president #43 so often used to dismiss court cases brought terror-war detainees.
I imagine a lot of things change once one becomes president, including an increased temptation to keep things secret. Obama promised the very opposite of that, so let's hope absolute power doesn't corrupt him too absolutely.
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