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Why Liberals Love Obama Even as he betrays them on civil liberties and foreign policy
Posted by: Justin_ ()
Date: May 22, 2009 11:10AM

Great article: http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2009/05/21/why-liberals-love-obama/#idc-container

If you are a liberal / Obama supporter I highly recommend you read it! (first part below, go to link to see the full article with links)


Why Liberals Love Obama

Even as he betrays them on civil liberties and foreign policy

If I were a liberal Democrat – and, as my regular readers know, this is very far from being the case – I’d be mad as heck over the way President Barack Obama has reversed himself on key foreign policy and civil liberties issues. I’d be positively furious about his "reconsideration" of preventive detention, the revival of military commissions, rendition, JSOC-style assassinations, denial of habeas corpus, etc., etc., ad nauseam. Not to mention the general direction of his foreign policy, which rationalizes escalating the fighting in Afghanistan – and its extension into Pakistan – under the general exculpatory rubric of fighting the "war on terrorism."

As Glenn Greenwald trenchantly makes the point, what appears to have happened is that:

"Obama’s political skills, combined with his status as a Democrat, is strengthening Bush/Cheney terrorism policies and solidifying them further. For the last eight years, roughly half the country – Republicans, Bush followers – was trained to cheer for indefinite detention, presidential secrecy, military commissions, warrantless eavesdropping, denial of due process, a blind acceptance of any presidential assertion that these policies are necessary to Keep Us Safe, and the claim that only fringe Far Leftist Purists – civil liberties extremists – could possibly object to any of that.

"Now, much of the other half of the country, the one that once opposed those policies – Democrats, Obama supporters – are now reciting the same lines, adopting the same mentality, because doing so is necessary to justify what Obama is doing. It’s hard to dispute the Right’s claim that Bush’s terrorism approach is being vindicated by Obama’s embrace of its ‘essential elements.’”

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Re: Why Liberals Love Obama Even as he betrays them on civil liberties and foreign policy
Posted by: john shore ()
Date: May 23, 2009 01:58PM

You are right. Barak "HUSSEIN" Obama is a great trader to the left. He speaks great swelling words and then stick it to those who voted for this great change right in the center of their heads. But it is George Bushs' fault. It will be Bushs' fault in a million, billion, trillion years from now. Look, Obama is their Messiah, he has all the attributes of the coming world leader. He will be cunning, a liar, pro-homo, and even cause everyone great or small, rich or poor to receive his mark. Is this not a great day in or by 2012? Obama belongs to both jew and muslim faiths-perfect. Any so-called christain should pray that by voting for this god, you all better know how to protect yourselves from the fallout that this messiah you call Obama will not hurt you. Obama has now created a 4 trillion debt upon the bailouts, upon the economy, and the joblessness that keeps on going higher and higher of unemployment. This is the earthquake that is now on our shoulders. I hope this messiah will start telling the morons the real truth. Obama is a trilateral commission member, a secret private organization that is a world body for world government. In other words, you blacks, and foreigners think you are being treated unfairly now, wait and see with Obama's secret deals that he doesn't tell you. But to most who I have talked to didn't care if he is for socialism. That is, it was these foreigners who came from these communist countries voting in our elections. Then there was these community workers(i.e., socialists) who were willing to lie, cheat and steal the election or else another race riot would pursue. Is that the American way? This is and many more is what Hussein stands for everyone who voted. Freedom is slavery, and slavery is freedom.

john

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Re: Why Liberals Love Obama Even as he betrays them on civil liberties and foreign policy
Posted by: nom nom ()
Date: May 23, 2009 04:34PM

john shore Wrote:
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> Barak "HUSSEIN" Obama is a great
> trader to the left.

Isn't that we need? A great trader given our huge trade deficits? Does it matter if trades to the left or right?

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Re: Why Liberals Love Obama Even as he betrays them on civil liberties and foreign policy
Posted by: Vince(1) ()
Date: May 24, 2009 09:19AM

Liberals "love" Obama for one reason..there is no alternative to him. To be honest Ralph Nader is a truer champion of liberal causes then Obama...but Nader is so flawed personally...and 3rd parties discouraged so much in this country that he is not an alternative.

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