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In reply to the discussion: Obama Did It For the Money by Robert Scheer [View all]fasttense
(17,301 posts)I really think Obama has saved the RepubliCON party from itself. When the bushes were done destroying America, everyone hated RepubliCONS, even RepubliCONS hated the bushes and what they did to this country. RepubliCONS were deserting their party in droves.
But thanks to Obama, the bushes don't look so bad anymore and moderate RepubliCONS sound just like Democrats. Obama never brought out the torture crimes of the bushes and even expanded the murder authority the bushes decided to give the president. He never held the banksters accountable for their crimes against homeowners and now good luck Charlie getting a clear title to any older home you buy - unless you're rich. All the accountability, all the pain and payback for the RepubliCON 2nd Great Depression came from the working class and Obama made sure it did. He put corporate friendly judges on the Dancing Supreme Court, he extended the uber rich tax give aways, he put Social Security on the chopping block (just like the bushes), he appoints Wall street banksters to government and enthroned the revolving door. He gave us permanent health care corporations and gives free rides to big Pharma and big Ag. He is more of a corporatist than Clinton and is pushing through the bill of rights for corporations in the TPP.
Obama ONLY talks like a liberal and even then some of his talks sound just like what RepubliCONS would say. He has never been a friend to Unions and only says nice things about them when he needs their votes. His pretending to compromise while pushing a corporate agenda has ensured the RepubliCONS are here to stay.
Now you have a choice of a Democratic corporate agenda or a RepubliCON corporate agenda and both of them are more alike than different. Good luck turning anything Democratic anymore. But when he 1st took office, RepubliCONS were a dirty word. Now they look not so different from Democratic leaders.