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In reply to the discussion: Yeah, I've been critical of much of what Obama has done. Here's why-- [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)Indefinite detention, "kill lists" and drone wars, pre-emptive war as administration doctrine, spy centers for mining or surveillance of all phone calls and email without a warrant, internet IDs and internet-censoring measures like ACTA, military drones in American skies, coordinated violent crackdowns against peaceful protesters, strip searches for any arrestee, corporate education deform, new drilling and job-killing free trade agreements, big agriculture appointments, bailouts and settlements for corrupt banks, using Social Security and Medicare as bargaining chips, and austerity budgets in an economy that has already impoverished its middle class.....
These are not moderate or centrist positions. Not by a long shot.
They are extreme corporatist, neocon, and police state policies, not "centrist" or moderate at all. We have a gravely serious systemic problem of corporate money, influence, and power driving policy in Washington at the expense of the people....and this problem exists in *both* parties now.