THE FIERCE MORAL URGENCY OF CHANGE (CONT’D):

President Obama and former Vice President Cheney weren’t so much a study in contrast today as a portrait of harmony. Both men agree that the Bush administration’s anti-terrorist policies were largely correct. Cheney signaled his acceptance of this view by vigorously defending those policies. Obama signaled it by largely adopting those same policies and emitting a fog of words to cover up the fact.

Meet the new boss, yada yada. Actually, he manages to yada yada on for quite a while.

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