Yes, I was all about Obama in Texas, but that was just because I wanted to see if a half-black man could win the primary/caucus hodown in the Lone Star, which he did. For me, it was all about the historical moment, and there was no way I would support a Clinton after their fiasco in Waco. Hillary will always be a baby killer to me.
But now the dust has settled, I expected Obama to shift to middle, but I never expected him to sell out the social contract of the country.
Back in the day, I first gained notice of Obama when he ran as a state assembly man after a stint of Constitutional Law. I am a big fan of the Constitution, though most people view it as an outdated documented. Foolishly, I doubt Obama was a man who practiced what he preached.
The roots of damage and decay in our republic is that of the raise of a corporate state, where the rights and privilages of a the corporate entity now out ranks that of the private citizen. This is foolish beyond belief and will lead to our eventual ruin.
For about two generations now, the raise of the corporate state has slowly brought ruin to every strata of our society except the ruling elite, who, of course, control the ruling interests of the land.
It is the corporate state that disguises itself in other political norms so it will never lose power, a chameleon who changes as per the pendulum swings. Its only goal is to keep the true agenda for its own end, which is corporate profit over social good.
They care not who makes the law, as long as they control them.
I thought Obama was beyond their control, a firebrand riding the backs of the populace to power. But with his two revelations last week, concerning corporate accountability and the fund raising schemes of the camapaign, he showed that his faux progressivism was just a means to get the nomination, he never believed it.
He showed he would bend for his corporate paymasters, and allowed them to pay him for that favor.
It reminds me of Bush, who pretended to be a small government conservative, only to get in office to further corporate interests.
Obama, who pretended to be a progressive, is just using it further corporate interests when he gets elected.
Obama is just a corporate gate keeper, who comes from the left, crushing any hope we can break the cycle.
He is the final chapter of the death of the republic democracy, now kneel before our corporate masters.
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…but pinche, the thing is that of course Obama was always acceptable to the powers that be, otherwise he never would have had a shot, and nothing could have possibly been any less surprising.
That being said, expecting things to get any worse is also pretty silly. Parasites don’t kill their hosts for a reason.
in the past you have labeled me as a trust fund kid unworthy of your attention, when I in fact have no money at all to my name, so I would put forth that your perceptions may be skewed and therefore you have lost perspective on what is a viable political force in America. Would you yourself be able to pass your own litmus tests? Would anyone else?
Good Ship Lollipop when I came to shore this week I found it was as though I never left. The voyage was fun, the captain charming and we were cheered by those on land. It cost a pretty penny and I feel the the exotic places I experienced really existed, they do, I hope. Was it worth it? All and all I would say so, it was a good vacation and as I said the captain made the trip seem real. The pirates were properly villainous and seemed hard to vanquish, surely this was not a amusement park ride but a real ship. Those who worried that we were in uncharted waters are now reassured, they used the time tested charts.
I am not 100% sure when exactly Obama was not in the middle, so I can’t work out for the life of me why anyone is surprised that shifting “to the middle” involves selling out the social contract of the country.
Ever since late January, the choice in the election has been which corporate Democrat we want to run against the corporate Republican. Between the two wings of the Corporate party, I prefer the Democratic wing, so I have been of the position since late January that I would vote for the Corporate Democrat, whichever one it might prove to be.
Between selling out the Constitution and avoiding putting the telecom giants 100% and enthusiastically backing McCain, its pretty straightforward what decision a Corporate Democrat will take.
Sure, I wish he would do the right thing, but I am not going to get my gut turned inside out that he probably won’t. The only people who will be disappointed are those who fantasized the progressive Senator Obama, rather than the Senator Obama who would be a better opponent to have in the White House than John McCain.
I’m withholding judgment for now. I’m convinced Obama is smart, even smarter than I am! I want to see how this plays out and at this point I’m assuming it’s going to work. I’m not sure how but I’m not ready to say “thats it!” Not even close and that surprises me. I think I trust him.