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I am a liberal. No matter who is in charge at the moment.
I stand for the little guy. I stand for the underdog. I stand for the working person. I stand for the poor. I stand for the oppressed. I stand against war. I stand against torture. I stand against the rape of the lower classes to enrich the wealthy. I stand for my planet. Not my "country", my PLANET. I stand for love. I stand for joy. I stand for life. I stand for freedom. I stand for laughter. I stand for music. I stand for art. I stand for my friends. I stand for my family. I stand with other liberals.
If this means I have to stand against Obama when he is supporting war then so be it. If this means I have to stand against Obama when he is supporting torture then so be it. If this means I have to stand against Obama when he is supporting Wall Street then so be it.
I will stand with Obama when he acts like a liberal and I will stand against him when he doesn't. The people who expect liberals to change their entire life's philosophy because a Democrat is in office, well, sorry, not going to happen. I'm not going to say the War in Afghanistan is ok because Obama is the one who ramped it up. I'm not going to say Torture and Rendition are ok because Obama is doing it less and has "oversight" in place.
I would love to tell people that I stand with Obama no matter what.. but I am a liberal and I just can't do it. I CAN'T. It goes against everything I stand for. If I were to come out now and say well, torture and war is ok because we now have a smart Democratic president, it would go against everything I have ever stood for in my life. I'm sorry if that is so hard for Obama's supporters to understand. Maybe it's a generational thing, I grew up when liberal was not an attack word. When being a liberal wasn't akin to being a leper. I guess I can understand that the country has moved so far to the right that being a lefty isn't what it used to be. Maybe I'm just one of those crabby old dudes who should get the fuck out of the way so we can bomb and torture whoever the fuck we want without anyone saying a word against it. Then again, nah. I'll keep bitching. I'll keep working, I'll keep calling, I'll keep showing up, but I won't do it for what anyone else wants me to do it for, I'll do it because it's right for me.
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