by KeithE » Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:10 pm
A vote for Obama seems to me much like a vote for Bush. Both had a modest healthcare bills enacted (mostly caving in the the various medical business sectors), both have allowed Wars w/o real purpose to proceed, both are favoring big business with subsidies galore added, both are allowing surveillance of domestic communications w/o FISA, both have keep Gitmo alive, both gave $$$s to bailout the bankers w/o strings attached, neither has done anything about immigration reform, both have lost jobs, both have increased the national debt, neither have enforced environmental laws, both have increased defense spending and used it mostly for offensive purposes, and both have tried to quell anti-muslim violence (this one attempt is good). In short Obama has come to act like a right leaning Conservative (like Bush) even though there are occassional Obama words to the contrary. Perhaps Obama has stopped the torture, but that is about the only diffrence I can think of, in terms of actual actions. Think about this factually, please; not just emotional reactions.
{Personally I think it likely that Bush allowed and enhanced 9/11 (Obama has not done that, but he very well may have staged a OBL killing). But ignore that if you don't agree. However, I strongly recommend the new book only 100 sort pages before you ignore. I will mail anyone a copy, just PM me. }
The conservative candidates these days are all trying to out conservative each other and are essentially more right wing than Bush (who for instance enacted the guest worker program since business interests wanted chaep labor and the Medicare Perscription Bill since Big Pharma wanted the volume of high priced sales). No candidate on the Repuboican side can survive with those stances on immigration or Medicare.
I'm looking for a real alternative (Sanders, Kucinich, Paul[with reservations], Nader or someone new) who will get us out of the counterproductive wars (only has created more animosity towards us), and bring about a Jobs Programs (yes Keynesian economics) for alternative energy, education, and infrastructire repair/enhancement.
Perhaps Obama will revert to his old progressive self if re-elected (and he has only been trying to tact to the middle/right to help his re-election). But I really do not believe that is honorable (bait and switch) given the 100,000's of people who have died in our wars, and the many people who have lost homes and/or jobs during his reign.
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