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In reply to the discussion: Right-wing obstruction could have been fought: An ineffective and gutless presidency’s legacy [View all]woo me with science
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you ignore the vast majority of the President's own appointments and policy decisions. You ignore that under this president the vast majority of the Bush (now Bush-Obama) tax cuts were deliberately made PERMANENT
You ignore escalating inequality and the fact that the president's major policies on the horizon (TSA and TISA, corporatization of the internet, assaults on journalism and whistleblowers) will escalate the pain. You ignore the growing police and surveillance that this president is actively defending.
You ignore the entire record, which shows repeated, proactive implementation of a corporate agenda, not someone trying to implement liberal policies and merely being obstructed.
The record shows aggressive, proactive pursuit of a corporate agenda.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3202395
CUT THE CRAP! Your Month in Review from the most "progressive" administration ever.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025006297
Obama says he'd be seen as moderate Republican in 1980s
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014336360
This is the problem with propaganda. It defies reality. It tells us that 2+2=5, when everyday around us, we directly observe that 2+2=4.
No, our real problem is corporate money deluging our elections, both parties, our media, and all three branches of government. It drives policy in the Republican Party, and it drives policy under Third Way Democrats and this administration. Pretending that the President has not actively worked on behalf of corporate interests (and that the next corporate-backed President won't, either, unless we can fix this corrupted system) is, quite simply, inconsistent with reality.
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