The number of us who are dicontented and not afraid to say so is growing.

[Political Heretic]

It isn't our fault that our leaders are betraying the American people in their rush to continue sucking off giant corporations and the wealthy elite, in their relentless concern about their own power and political influence, their elections, their money....

As soon as our leaders start putting working class Americans and their children before privileged interests, I'll be more than happy to sing their praises.

But as it stands I'm flat out disgusted with this administration so far, as well as congressional democrats and democratic party leaders. As far as the administration goes, its not that I was confused about the fact that Obama was a moderate - I wasn't.

It's that there are even moderates who wouldn't do some of the things that this administration has done.

At every turn it has cozyed up to powerful business interests,

it has protected capital criminal traitors from every being held accountable for their crimes,

it has legitimized torture by defending the institutions of torture in court (such as extraordinary rendition and secret cia black-houses around the globe)

it has completely capitulated on health care,

thrown gays under the bus,

substituted real economic reform for wall-street approved theatrics aimed almost solely at pacifying an angry public rather than serious changing the corrupt way business is done in this country,

Extended and ESCALATED wars overseas

Went completely silent on EFCA and allowed it to die after promising to strongly fight for it

....and on.....and on.....and on.....


None of the things I listed, with perhaps the exception of serious financial sector reform, are particularly "radical." Many of the things I listed were things Obama promised to honor on the campaign trail. People can apologize as much as they like - the bottom line is Obama as president looks nothing like the Obama he led people to believe he was while campaigning.