A lot of folks around the ‘sphere are gnashing their teeth because Obama seems to be floating more and more to the right. The most recent thing is that he’s promising to expand on Bush’s faith-based initiatives1. People for the Fair Treatment of Hillary are laughing at the Obamabots and the Obamabots are trying extra hard to find the silver lining around this dark cloud.
Of course, they fail to realize that the O-man was in Ohio when he said that, so it was kind of necessary for his campaign. It’s not like it was a promise. Hello? He’s a politician therefore he’s a liar. No getting around that. He’s also trying to prove to the “faithful”2 that he’s not really a Muslim and those emails are FALSE and Grandma Ohio should see that as a true Christian he will do whatever it takes to get God back into the picture. Yeah, that’s exactly what the country needs.
Oh, man. I’m giving myself indigestion here.
At any rate, I wanted to take a moment to remind folks that if they really wanted a TRUE Progressive, they missed the boat. They were so caught up in identity politics that they completely overlooked the one candidate who was the most liberal guy in the race. I’ll just quote myself (from way back in February):
No, in my opinion, the Netroots ended when Kucinich was chucked under the bus because he was unelectable. Kucinich, though monkey-ugly, stood up for his principles and never floundered to look electable. He wanted what was best for the citizenry as a whole, not just the oil-controlling corporations. If the Netroots really, truly wanted change in this country, they certainly missed their opportunity. Sure, they wanted to prove that they love Blacks and women. So, they chose between Clinton and Obama: Kucinich obviously being a white male didnt fit good enough for them. But they ignore the history of the two minorities running. It doesnt matter the skin color or the gender of the candidate. It matters where they stand on the issues. I was under the impression, at one time, that the Netroots stood for equality and an end to this war.
My advice to those whining because “OMG! Obama isn’t liberal enough!” is shut the fuck up. And to the People for the Fair Treatment of Hillary: You can shut the fuck up too. If she would have won the nomination you can bet your asses she would have pandered just as hard (if not harder). Obama and Clinton are two sides of the exact same coin. Neither one of them are true Progessives/liberals. They both say whatever it is their current audience wants to hear. Neither one of them have any real principals3. You got what you deserve. The rest of us have to live with your idiotic identity politics. Thanks oh-so much.
I’ll be doing what I’m used to doing here in the Red state of Ohio- voting for the lesser of two evils. I learned the hard way that really believing the shit that politicians spouts will just give me sputtering fits in the end. I like Obama just slightly more than I like Clinton4, but John McCain scares the ever-lovin’ shit out of me. I don’t even care what the hell Obama stands for anymore. He’s better than the alternative and that’s my choice again. Shit, I can’t even cast a protest vote for Mickey Mouse at this point. I just want this crap to be over so I can bitch about the new President (whichever idiot that ends up being).
P.S.
I just realized that if you hover your cursor over the footnotes you don’t have to go to the bottom to read them. Awesome.
Stop yer Bellyachin’
A lot of folks around the ‘sphere are gnashing their teeth because Obama seems to be floating more and more to the right. The most recent thing is that he’s promising to expand on Bush’s faith-based initiatives1. People for the Fair Treatment of Hillary are laughing at the Obamabots and the Obamabots are trying extra hard to find the silver lining around this dark cloud.
Of course, they fail to realize that the O-man was in Ohio when he said that, so it was kind of necessary for his campaign. It’s not like it was a promise. Hello? He’s a politician therefore he’s a liar. No getting around that. He’s also trying to prove to the “faithful”2 that he’s not really a Muslim and those emails are FALSE and Grandma Ohio should see that as a true Christian he will do whatever it takes to get God back into the picture. Yeah, that’s exactly what the country needs.
Oh, man. I’m giving myself indigestion here.
At any rate, I wanted to take a moment to remind folks that if they really wanted a TRUE Progressive, they missed the boat. They were so caught up in identity politics that they completely overlooked the one candidate who was the most liberal guy in the race. I’ll just quote myself (from way back in February):
My advice to those whining because “OMG! Obama isn’t liberal enough!” is shut the fuck up. And to the People for the Fair Treatment of Hillary: You can shut the fuck up too. If she would have won the nomination you can bet your asses she would have pandered just as hard (if not harder). Obama and Clinton are two sides of the exact same coin. Neither one of them are true Progessives/liberals. They both say whatever it is their current audience wants to hear. Neither one of them have any real principals3. You got what you deserve. The rest of us have to live with your idiotic identity politics. Thanks oh-so much.
I’ll be doing what I’m used to doing here in the Red state of Ohio- voting for the lesser of two evils. I learned the hard way that really believing the shit that politicians spouts will just give me sputtering fits in the end. I like Obama just slightly more than I like Clinton4, but John McCain scares the ever-lovin’ shit out of me. I don’t even care what the hell Obama stands for anymore. He’s better than the alternative and that’s my choice again. Shit, I can’t even cast a protest vote for Mickey Mouse at this point. I just want this crap to be over so I can bitch about the new President (whichever idiot that ends up being).
P.S.
I just realized that if you hover your cursor over the footnotes you don’t have to go to the bottom to read them. Awesome.
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