For many people Obama is not a "lesser evil." For the privileged, he can be.

[joshcryer]

14. That's a right wing perspective and not the intent.

For you the social safety net is "crumbs they get from the government and that is what they care about." No. The social safety net is important to these people, it actually fucking matters, it helps them, it is a necessary good. It is an important aspect of progressive policies and should never be implied that it is, as right wingers would call it, "crumbs they get from the government."

MadHound ignorantly (or dishonestly) said that the Recovery Act gave tax breaks to the rich, when companies were not the target of the tax breaks and in fact most were progressive tax breaks for individuals and families. The Bush tax cut extension was not a part of the Recovery Act. The Bush tax cuts were extended so unemployment benefits could be extended, of course, I could go on about how all those people who got their unemployment benefits had a reason to vote for Obama, but you'd say that I was saying they were "grateful for the crumbs they get from the government!"

I'm glad you took the lesser evil vote, though, and proved exactly what my post was getting at.