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In reply to the discussion: I am without a doubt, unequivocably, unapologetically, and enthusiastically voting for Obama in Nov! [View all]Jakes Progress
(11,213 posts)Just on education, war, privacy issues, unions, corporate interests. Yep those are biggies to me. Sure rom-rom is worse there. (We guess, since no one knows what he stands for) But if you champion and cheer the corporatization of education because he upped the mpg numbers, if you stand quietly by with averted looks while he doubles down on bush's invasion of homes and adds death without trial for citizens to bush's extreme rendition and torture because he saved more land, then you aid, abet, and encourage the professional politician in him to take more license with traditional Democratic values.
Now if you were with us when we castigated him heavily for his bad actions as much as you lauded him for his better efforts, then you get a pass. Can you show me a post where you ever called him a corporate whore for making back room deals with pharma? Can you show me a post where you decried the union busting tirades of his corporate education tool, arne duncan?
I can show you posts where I attacked republicans for what they have done. I can show you posts where I praised him for actions befitting a decent Democrat.
Blind faith and allegiance regardless of principle is the hallmark of the republican electorate. We can do better. But only if Democrats insist that Democrats act like Democrats.