No, the left has not abandoned Obama.

[stupidicus]

40. it sure is woo

in many ways it reminds me of the Clinton years, and particularly the early Bush years when they spent so much time and text on defending all of BC's efforts tooth and nail.

For example, I always argued to my so-called lefty/liberal allies, that Bush would have never have sold his war in Iraq so easily but for the lies Clinton told before him. As the Kay report inevitably made clear, Clinton could no more speak with certainty about wmds there as he did than Bush did. And his silence in the lead-up and during the occupation and adopting Poppy Bush as his surrogate dad at the time was barf-worthy as well.

The only substantive diff (non-ideologically speaking) between the third way crew and the rightwingnuts they fear so much, is that they'd prefer our republic be cooked by a slow boil or destroyed by the thousand cuts, because that's what they are supporting in many ways I don't have to cite to you. They will likely remain oblivious to the good cop/bad cop tagteaming that's been going on since Raygun for years to come, because like with their rightwing cousins, denial is the best ego-preservation tool available. WHile there fear of the alternative is understandable and may debatably justify this and that, it falls well short of justifying the treatment they mete out to those of us willing to see and act upon the big picture.

that's why they whine so much (as well as employ many other dishonest tactics rightwingers have long relied on) in lieu of a rebuttal they don't have in most cases.