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At The Beginning Of His Administration, Obama Homed Right In On Medicare, Which He Wanted To Fix By Reducing The Overall Cost Of Health Care In This Country. He Risked Everything - Some Would Claim He Lost Everything - By Being So Single-minded.

The High Point Was That The People Are Really Nice - Despite The Crazy Politics - And I Loved Being There. The Hardest Part Was Knowing Some Of The Things I Was Probably Going To Write About Texas Would Make Those Nice People Very Unhappy.

If You Live In A Place That You Perceive To Be A Crowded Place, You Appreciate Government; You See It As This Thing That Protects You Against Crime, That Keeps Order, That Makes Sure That Nobody Puts A Massage Parlor Next To Your House, That Keeps Other People's Dogs From Pooping On The Sidewalk.

Downplaying Their Faults Is Pretty Much The Point Of Campaigns. But We Do Count On Them Living With The Constant Terror Of Public Rejection.

There Have Been Tons Of Politicians Who Were Slow To Accept Equal Rights When It Meant Changes In The Established Social Order. Many Eventually Came Around, Admitted They Were Wrong, And Were Forgiven. But The Ones Who Actively Choose Hate-mongering Don't Ever Get A Pass.