Democrats' Move to the Right Profoundly Affects our Young People and Our Future.

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98. His capitulation on the extending the Bush tax cuts

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was the first gigantic disappointment for me. That was the first "sharp right turn." I'm no expert, but I think that was the single, worst mistake he ever made. It set him up for all that has ensued.

Like it or not, he won big with votes cast against the disastrous policies of Dubya and the neocons. Those policies continue. The change people voted for remains unfulfilled. His policies have expanded Rumsfeld's drone program and all the so-called 'collateral damage' they entail; they have allowed Guantanamo to remain open and remain a national disgrace; they still have us going strong in Afghanistan; domestically and economically, they press for 'austerity' and even continue to support a chained CPI, which he PROPOSED; they led to abandonment (by silence) of the labor movement in Wisconsin, and I can't even mention monetary policy/the banks/too big to prosecute without writing a thesis. His policies have expanded surveillance by the NSA, and have given us the appointment of countless Bush era has-beens to key positions in his administration (why?); and the list goes on.

What I notice is that people who jump to defend Obama never jump to defend his policies; they jump to defend him, which I get. But how is that any different from the goofs who continue to defend Dubya, or Reagan? It isn't. Obama's a nice, smart guy, but I think the reason he's been ineffectual is because of his right-leaning policies. They don't work.