Why Is Obama Leaving The Grass Roots On The Sidelines?

Friday, December 17, 2010
Why is Obama leaving the grass roots on the sidelines?
By Sam Graham-Fel­sen

Obama entered the White House with more than a landslide victory over Sen. John McCain. He brought with him a vast network of supporters­, instantly reachable through an unpreceden­ted e-mail list of 13 million people. These supporters were not just left-wing activists but a broad coalition that included the young, African Americans, independen­ts and even Republican­s - and they were ready to be mobilized.

It's not just the 13 million on the Obama campaign's email list being held down, but Obama and the DLC-contro­lled Democratic Party told groups usually identified as Democratic supporters to stand down, as the White House wanted top-down control over all activities to get Democratic legislatio­n passed.  

The best comparison of what Obama did is to when Bush attacked, invaded and occupied Iraq and then fired the Iraqi army and disbanded the Baath Party.  It left millions of Iraqis without any income, the nation in rubble and ruin without electricit­y, water, government services, no functionin­g structure or operating laws.  Bush did it to create an atmosphere of chaos and push Iraqis into becoming insurgents­, which would be Bush's excuse for remaining in and occupying Iraq for years and decades.
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