"Obama has governed as a conservative. So, the question for progressives is, “What do we do now?”

[woo me with science]

154. I don't consider indefinite detention,

targeted assassination of American citizens, defense of pre-emptive war as administration doctrine, spy centers for mining or surveillance of all phone calls and email without a warrant, internet IDs, military drones in American skies, coordinated violent crackdowns against peaceful protesters, strip searches for any arrestee, bailouts and settlements for corrupt banks, and austerity budgets in an economy that has already impoverished its middle class to be "moderate conservative" positions.

These are extreme corporatist and neocon positions that, together, are moving us steadily toward a corporate, authoritarian state. They are not "centrist" by any stretch of the imagination, yet they are defended and minimized, and opposition to them mocked routinely by a certain few on this site who can always be counted upon to support the next corporate or neocon assault on Americans. It always becomes about "hating Obama" or at the very least not loving him enough, whenever any one of these horrific policies is held up to scrutiny.

I posted above that I would love to see a side-by-side comparison of some of the posts about policies like these that elicited swift pizza deliveries on DU during the Bush administration, and some of the arguments that we see here every day now on DU. I think it would make for some very interesting comparisons.

This isn't about saying that a Republican would be better. Any Republican would be worse, and that is exactly how we are convinced to accept and keep quiet about what is happening to us. Election season is the time to make our voices heard. There is no other time when a candidate will be more receptive to feedback from voters.

Imagine if a Republican were President
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