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In reply to the discussion: Too Big to Jail? Obama at the top of bankster fraud. [View all]Is DU for liberals anymore? Or does one have to be center or be leaning to the right to be welcome here?
There seems to be an awful lot of members here that think a politician cannot be elected unless they are center or even right leaning.
The big difference between Obama and Hillary is that Obama can give one hell of a convincing speech and then after elected he shows his corporatist favoritism. For example how many damn Republicans did he appoint to his cabinet? And did he really do much for the consumer "vs" the banks with the mortgage crisis? Oh he threw them a few crumbs but not enough to piss off the banks.
Hillary is not as sharp as Obama and her speeches would be just another leftist sounding speech but for Hillary its a matter of her thirst for power.She would be the corporates dream candidate.
To say that Bernie Sanders could win or Elizabeth Warren could win would be shot down here on DU with those believing that ...a Democrat must be right leaning in order to win...
So just maybe liberals don't belong here because anytime a liberal expresses his or her views that person is shot down and reminded that "liberals" cant win.
After all President Obama convinced us to vote for him in two elections..and on both occasions when it came down to keeping his campaign promises to the middle class, he kept handing out favors to the banks and Wall Street and consumers lost and not one banker went to jail.
While Obama claimed to have a grassroots campaign he took billions from the corporate world.