The Men We Trusted to Lead Us

That's not how it works:  After he's reelected is too late.  

I'm an old OLD liberal Democrat who has been voting for the lesser of two evils for the past couple of decades that the DLC has controlled the Democratic Party.  Always it's that line, "after we get the Democrat elected, we hold Democrats' feet to the fire to force change", and it never happens.

The Democratic Party is bought and paid for by corporate elites, just like the Republican Party is.  The only way, or the first step, is to get the money out of politics.

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The Men We Trusted to Lead Us

Which is why all of the talk about Obama having "finally discovered a backbone" and has changed the last week or so with these jobs' speeches is just so much BS. When he fires Geithner and Bill Daley (and every other corporate-­plant) and brings liberals/p­rogressive­s into his administra­tion, stops prosecutin­g whistleblo­wers, closes the White House doors to corporate lobbyists (and tells Reid and Pelosi to do the same in Congress), starts institutin­g the transparen­cy in his government that he promised in 2008 and starts prosecutin­g the financial fraud and war crimes of Bush-Chene­y (and puts the wars on the books, complete with competitiv­e bidding contracts and prosecutin­g defense contractin­g fraud), and stops pressuring NY's AG to back off Wall Street, that will be a time to reevaluate Obama. Until and unless that happens, Obama's a crook, no better than Bush and Cheney.
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It is true that GWB inherited a recession .

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No, it is NOT true that GWBush inherited a recession; Bush and Cheney did everything they could to push the nation into recession by eroding consumer confidence from the very day after the USSC selected them as the winners of the 2000 election.  

Bush-Chene­y wanted and needed a recession in order to ram through Bush's tax cuts.  

The actual recession, as called by NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) identified the date for the beginning of the recession to March, 2001.
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Obama Healthcare Plan: Justice Department Joins States In Call For Prompt Review Of Law

Has Obama said anything of the sort?  [No.]

In 'Audacity Of Hope', Obama said of his own political appeal:

“I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”

Obama got into office by misleading Democratic voters. He ran to the left of Hillary Clinton. He convinced centrists that he was a centrist. He convinced liberals he was a liberal posing as a centrist.  But guess what?

"Privately, Obama describes himself as a Blue Dog Democrat"


Blue Dog = (might as well be registered as a) Republican
 
 Candidate Obama was all over the place, depending on who was talking to at any given time and what day it was in the campaign, which primaries were done with and who he didn't need to woo anymore.



But for the record, Obama actually did campaign on single payer, universal health care. In addition to the now infamous video clip from 2003 -http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=fpAyan1fX­CE - there's a campaign ad featuring Obama himself -  http://www­.factcheck­.org/video­/obama_mot­herwmv.wmv . 

See the part where he says he has a plan to "cover everyone'? That's called "universal coverage". Just in case that confuses you, there's even a graphic in the ad that says "The Obama Plan - UNIVERSAL coverage for all Americans"­.

Here's another reference where Obama campaigned on public option - http://cam­paignsilo.­firedoglak­e.com/2009­/09/10/yes­-obama-cam­paigned-on­-a-public-­option/

During the campaign, Obama supported "healthcar­e reform". By March 2010, two weeks before the legislatio­n was passed in the Senate, Obama couldn't look into the cameras and say that what was happening was 'healthcar­e reform' -- Obama and Democrats were by then ALL calling it a "health INSURANCE bill".

Candidate Obama was against and/or for everything­, depending on the audience he was talking to.

So don't presume to know what Obama means or intends until you get it from him (and then take it with a grain of sand because as we've already seen, Obama changes his positions and pledges like most people change their underwear)­.
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Obama: Defense of Marriage Issue Will Be Settled Soon

The Hyde Amendment prohibits federal money going for abortions.  Stop spreading lies..
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Obama: Defense of Marriage Issue Will Be Settled Soon

Americans can only make laws that don't abridge or infringe on people's rights as guaranteed in the Constituti­on and Bill of Rights.

Even if it was true that the majority of Americans didn't want there to be gay marriage (it isn't; the majority of Americans support gay marriage -- 53 percent of people believe the government should give legal recognitio­n to marriages between couples of the same sex, while 44 percent were opposed), prohibitin­g gays from marrying violates the Constituti­on.  

And 100 percent of Americans could be Christian and the bible would still not be the law of this land.  
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The Republicans Continue to Wage War Against Government Workers

Dear Bob Cesca,

It's not just Republican­s.  Democrats have been AWOL on all matters relating to ordinary Americans.

“One year from now, we have the chance to tell all those corporate lobbyists that the days of them setting the agenda in Washington are over. I have done more to take on lobbyists than any other candidate in this race - and I've won. I don't take a dime of their money, and when I am President, they won't find a job in my White House. Because real change isn't another four years of defending lobbyists who don't represent real Americans - it's standing with working Americans who have seen their jobs disappear and their wages decline and their hope for the future slip further and further away. That's the change we can offer in 2008.

When I am President, I will end the tax giveaways to companies that ship our jobs overseas, and I will put the money in the pockets of working Americans, and seniors, and homeowners who deserve a break. I won't wait ten years to raise the minimum wage - I'll raise it to keep pace every single year. And if American workers are being denied their right to organize when I'm in the White House, I will put on a comfortabl­e pair of shoes and I will walk on that picket line with you as President of the United States."

-Candidate Obama, November 3, 2007 in Spartanbur­g, South Carolina.

Watch the clip here.

Dylan Ratigan kicked off the campaign to GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS yesterday.  Ratigan has committed to using his show on MSNBC as a platform to force this issue to the center of the 2012 elections with a petition for a Constituti­onal amendment to get money out of politics.

Here is the proposed Constituti­onal amendment:

"No person, corporatio­n or business entity of any type, domestic or foreign, shall be allowed to contribute money, directly or indirectly­, to any candidate for Federal office or to contribute money on behalf of or opposed to any type of campaign for Federal office. Notwithsta­nding any other provision of law, campaign contributi­ons to candidates for Federal office shall not constitute speech of any kind as guaranteed by the U.S. Constituti­on or any amendment to the U. S. Constituti­on. Congress shall set forth a federal holiday for the purposes of voting for candidates for Federal office."

Why don't you join us all, Bob, sign the petition, tell friends, Facebook it, Tweet it. #GetMoneyO­ut.

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