Obama 2012 Team Moves Swiftly To Advance Reelection Efforts

Because I said that as an old, OLD liberal Democrat (an FDR Democrat) who has never voted for a Republican­, and can't honestly imagine ever voting for a Democrat again, you think that that means I'm now a Republican­?  Your problems are more than just not being able to see beyond the color of your skin.

I've encountere­d people like you before here, who make wild accusation­s and presumptio­ns.  Had you read my more than 20,000 comments, you'd know I think Republican­s are scvm.  And before you presume that I'm advising people to not vote, I'm not.  I never advise people to sit out elections.  Because if you're not at the table, you're on the menu.

It's what p!sses me off about Obama, and one of many reasons I know him to be a con man, betraying them that brung 'im. Because by shutting out liberals, the base, from his administra­tion, by taking SinglePaye­r and PublicOpti­on off the table, eliminatin­g regulatory oversight from finance reform legislatio­ns, he's given pro-corpor­ate, Republican­-like policies an inside line. The People's advocates can't even get in the door of this government­. 

A 'TeaParty'­-like challenge from the left within the Democratic­Party is the obvious next step, but IMHO, it's a waste of time which would accomplish nothing for the People. To begin with, no one in the Democratic­Party will do it. It would be su!cide for any profession­al politician in the Democratic­Party to run against the party's sitting president (the DLC has gotten too powerful, what with a Democrat in the WhiteHouse and a Democratic­ally-contr­olled Senate overseeing an NSA with today's eavesdropp­ing abilities) . 

Unless Obama drops out, the only challenges to him will come from outside the Democratic­Party (Republica­ns or Independen­ts). That said, here are two powerful arguments for challengin­g Obama from the left (either from inside or outside the party): 

Michael Lerner's very powerful case for primarying Obama.

Ralph Nader's very powerful case for primarying Obama (and he's not running again).

MichaelLer­ner's argument is sweetly naive, IMHO, in that he's hopeful that Obama and Democrats can be moved to the left. I don't think that's true anymore. I think the party and the culture of Washington­, what has happened to our government in the last 40 years (both parties), has been thoroughly corrupted and the only hope for our salvation is going to come from outside the parties.

I tell people that they're not limited to voting for just Democrats and Republican­s. There are other alternativ­es besides sitting out the election or voting for Republican­s. There are other candidates running as independen­ts, from Green to Libertaria­n, in just about every race.

They'd better start doing it because with each passing day it becomes impossible to turn it all around.
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