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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: koan who wrote (96224)	7/8/2011 2:47:22 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

I wonder what Obama and his campaign re-election Manager think about this comment: commondreams.org Posted by Old Guy Jul 7 2011 - 11:38am -- Obama won't invoke the 4th Amendment because that is not part of the game plan. The GOP's ultra-radical proposals provide cover for Obama to play his role, which is to appear to be a reasonable compromiser, even as he decimates all social programs and destroys the progressive influence on American politics. Many people on this site (myself included) have pointed out for years that Obama is a right wing plant. His pattern of speaking like a progressive or moderate, while voting to support the far right agenda is so apparent as to be obvious to everyone except those who have a vested interest in not seeing it. Many talking heads certainly see it, but to point out this obvious betrayal makes them too "radical" for the mainstream media. Many of us on this site have pointed out that Obama, regardless of what he says in support of Medicare and Social Security, will gut those programs under the guise of compromising with the radicals in the GOP. Last night the Washington Post reported that this is precisely what has just happened. Obama is putting Social Security and Medicare "on the table" as "concessions" to the GOP in the budget deficit fight. Nonsense! Those were never concessions. Those were staked out positions from the very start. I went on the Washington Post's website last night to see how readers were reacting to the news that Obama had betrayed progressives once again. The anger and outrage were palpable. The mask has been stripped away completely. Many Americans are finally understanding how they have been duped, and they are livid. Obama and the Democratic party are now flying in the face of almost 80 percent of the American people who strongly support these programs. It's a slam dunk to take political advantage of this momentum and then use it to create a better country for those at the bottom end of the social hierarchy. That is, it's a slam dunk unless your whole purpose as a political party is to throw elections to the GOP. If Obama is the best the Democrats can do for a candidate in 2012, then progressives should attend his campaign speeches with posters of him with the longest Pinocchio-style nose in human history. More to the point, Obama has just gutted what little remains of the heart and souls of the traditional Democratic Party that during the administration of FDR actually represented the American people. If they run this charlatan as their candidate, there will be two far-right candidates representing the two major parties. Let's not pretend otherwise. Yes, progressives need to insist on a challenge to Obama in the primaries, simply because it is the only way to highlight his duplicity. More importantly, disaffected (for good reason) Democrats need to notify the Democratic Party hierarchy that they have had enough and are leaving to join a third party or register as Independents. The enemy we see is less dangerous than the enemy who pretends to be our friend--and constantly betrays us in every way that affects the quality of our lives.