In election's shadow, rally draws laughs, activism

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.



And no sooner did Obama get elected than he slammed the brakes on the momentum of his election & a filibuster-proof Senate (tentative yet, with 2 senators, Kennedy & Byrd, at d.e.a.t.h's door), Obama did a 180-degree turn on his 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, vote no on everything, in lockstep.



Democratic voters gave Obama & Democrats what they said they needed: 60 in the Senate. 60 in the Democratic Caucus -- We are a 'party government'. There was no way that 60 wasn't going to include Blue Dogs (Blue Dogs that Obama & the DNC campaigned with, for and funded yet).



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