It's important to remember at times like these that during the election campaigns in 2008, Obama was quoted
"I'm not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue."
Well, he just broke his promise. One person was taken into custody, and it might result in an arrest.
Democrats need to recognize Obama as a a very right leaning democrat. His re-opening of Guantanamo bay, surge plan in Afghanistan, and his drug war policy are all very conservative views. His healthcare bill and his demand for educational reform are both liberal, but it's important we keep our eyes out for when he shows his true colors.
It's important that we recognize Obama as a threat to truely liberal politics, and what we really want is someone like this:
Someone who advocates publicly the dismantling of outdated prohibitions, bringing all the troops home from the Middle East, and someone who demands that Wall Street pay their share to the middle income families of America that they've been robbing for so long.
Kucinich 2012!
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ReplyDeleteThis article has a very detailed summary of why corporatist liberals do very little good. Beware!