Gibbs Stands By His 'Professional Left' Critique, Expects Liberals To Vote In 2010

The more progressives that win their seats in November, maybe they'll start listening to what we have to say!

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Obama came into office with the wind at his back. More people voted for him, a black man in America, than ever in the history of the US. They did it because of his ability to persuade that he was going to change the system, end the corporatocracy, lobbyism in government -- He was going to be the People's president, not a corporate t00I.



During the Bush years, Democrats said if the People wanted change, they had to put Democrats in the majority in Congress. So in 2006, we did. Nothing changed.



Democrats said, "You have to give us more Democrats -- 60 in the Senate". In 2008, we gave them the 60. And the White House. And no sooner did Obama get elected than he slammed on the brakes of the momentum of his election & a filibuster-proof Senate, did a 180-degree turn on his campaign promises & sloooooowed everything down. To "work in a bipartisan manner with Republicans", after Republicans had already announced they were going to block everything Democrats wanted to do, and vote no on everything, in lockstep.



With 2 of the 60 at de@th's door (Kennedy & Byrd), Obama slowed the works down.



There could be 100 "progressives" in the Senate & 435 in the House, & they & Obama would still find a way to deliver to corporations instead of the People.
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Gibbs Stands By His 'Professional Left' Critique, Expects Liberals To Vote In 2010

The more progressives that win their seats in November, maybe they'll start listening to what we have to say!

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Obama came into office with the wind at his back, with more people having voting for him, a black man in America, than ever in the history of the US. They did it because of his ability to persuade that he was going to change the system, end the corporatocracy, lobbyism in government -- He was going to be the People's president, and not a corporate t00I.



During the Bush years, Democrats said if the People wanted change, they had to put Democrats in the majority in Congress. So in 2006, we did. Nothing changed.



Democrats said, "You have to give us more Democrats -- 60 in the Senate". In 2008, we gave them the 60. And the White House.



And no sooner did Obama get elected than he slammed on the brakes of the momentum of his election & a filibuster-proof Senate, did a 180-degree turn on his campaign promises & sloooooowed everything down. To "work in a bipartisan manner with Republicans", after Republicans had already announced they were going to block everything Democrats wanted to do, and vote no on everything, in lockstep.



With 2 of the 60 at de@th's door (Kennedy & Byrd), Obama slowed the works down.



There could be 100 "progressives" in the Senate & 435 in the House, & they & Obama would still find a way to deliver to corporations instead of the
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Gibbs Stands By His 'Professional Left' Critique, Expects Liberals To Vote In 2010

Obama came into office with the wind at his back, with more people having voting for him, a black man in good old r.a.c.!.s.t America, than ever in the history of the US. They did it because of his ability to persuade that he was going to change the system, end the corporatocracy, lobbyism in government -- He was going to be the People's president, and not a corporate t00I.



During the Bush years, Democrats said if the People wanted change, they had to put Democrats in the majority in Congress. So in 2006, we did. Nothing changed.



Democrats said, "You have to give us more Democrats -- 60 in the Senate". In 2008, we gave them the 60. And the White House.



And no sooner did Obama get elected than he slammed on the brakes of the momentum of his election and a filibuster-proof Senate, did a 180-degree turn on his campaign promises and sloooooowed everything down. To "work in a bipartisan manner with Republicans", after Republicans had already announced they were going to block everything Democrats wanted to do, and vote no on everything, in lockstep.



With 2 of the 60 at de@th's door (Kennedy & Byrd), Obama slowed the works down.



There could be 100 "progressives" in the Senate and 435 in the House, and they and Obama would still find a way to deliver to corporations against the People & blame it on Republicans.
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Gibbs Stands By His 'Professional Left' Critique, Expects Liberals To Vote In 2010

Helen Thomas lost her seat and her job for comments outside of the press room which offended.



Who can forget the calls from Republicans, Ari Fleischer leading them, for Thomas's firing?



Unless Gibbs is gone, Obama and the Democratic Party stand behind Gibbs's comments and the Democratic Party's base might as well roll over and play de@d.
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Gibbs Stands By His 'Professional Left' Critique, Expects Liberals To Vote In 2010

Democratic voters have mistakenly believed that Obama&Democrats want what they want. The DLC-controlled DemocraticParty gives lip service to all populist issues (like civil rights protections, restoring habeas corpus, ending the wars, PublicHealthcare, Wall Street reform, environmental & energy issues, etc.).



If the Bush years taught us nothing else, it's that anyone can sell anything to Americans, if you're stolid & relentless in your sales pitch & tactics. It's not that Bush&R0ve were geniuses & knew something that nobody else knew; Bush&R0ve were just more ruthless (clumsy & careless many political graybeards would say) in doing what politicians & the parties had gone to great lengths to hide from Americans.



Obama didn't get to be the first black president, vanquish the Clinton machine (to get the nomination) & the oldest, most experienced politicians in our nation's history (including the Rove machine) by not having mastered these skills. Nor do Democratic politicians (more incumbents than ever, in office longer) not know how to do it. How do you think Democrats managed to keep impeaching Bush&Cheney off the table & have us still reelecting them, not marching on Washington with torches&pitchforks?



Obama&Democrats know how to do it -- They don't want to do it.



The trick for them has been to keep the many different populist groups believing that they really do support our issues, but they're merely inept. And to get us to keep voting for them despite their failure to deliver on any of our alleged shared objectives.
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Gibbs Stands By His 'Professional Left' Critique, Expects Liberals To Vote In 2010

Gibbs was speaking in a non-official capacity, in which he can let his hair down and speak his mind as an individual.

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Did Gibbs say this to his wife? How about a personal friend?



No.



Gibbs said this in an interview with The Hill.



Was The Hill interviewing Gibbs perhaps as a "man on the street"?



No.



Gibbs was being interviewed because, second to the president, Gibbs is the voice of the Obama administration.



So you're a professional political operative, Balzac? It's good to know who around here is being paid to l!e to and manipulate voters on behalf of the corporate Obama administration.
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Taliban Execute Pregnant Woman

Secular liberals give Islam a break when it comes to the treatment of women. Islam oppresses women far beyond any kind of discrimination found in developed western countries.

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What is this "secular liberals" cr@p?



If anyone in power in the US gave a d@mn about the treatment of women, we would be arming women in Darfur so that they could walk the mile to the river for fresh water without getting raped and/or murdered. And arming women in the Congo. And issuing an ultimatum to the Saudis to grant Saudi women equal rights now and not next century.



If we gave a d@mn about women in Afghanistan, we would have required they all remove their burqas after the invasion in 2001.



We are not in Afghanistan, or anywhere else, because of the treatment of women. The US does not and has never warred on any other nation for humanitarian reasons. It's always about money and resources.
About Afghanistan
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