This seems to be spreading:
We owe Ralph Nader and Cynthia McKinney an apology. They were right about Barack Obama. They were right about the corporate state. They had the courage of their convictions and they stood fast despite wholesale defections and ridicule by liberals and progressives.
Obama lies as cravenly, if not as crudely, as George W. Bush…
The author, Chris Hedges, goes on for a bit on how Obama was supposed to stop all those evil, wicked and mean Bush policies – you know, how we became this fascist dictatorship wantonly blowing up the world for no good reason. The usual tripe from “progressives” about Bush and the Republicans. But its clear that he’s disappointed in his man Obama – and as he puts Obama’s lies first (with, of course, a dig at President Bush – who didn’t lie, but such basic facts don’t matter on the left), prior to running down the list of alleged Bush sins to be corrected, I think we’re seeing a real crisis on the left.
What I’m wondering is if the people on the left are finally waking up to the fact that their leaders are only in it for the power, prestige and wealth it brings them? When you have people who devote their whole lives to politics – such as Obama, Reid and Pelosi – you naturally get people who will do just about anything to stay in power, and increase their power, and rake in a few bucks, in to the bargain.
Back a century ago, American progressives – they were more honest them, and called themselves socialists – were a much more respectable group. Their leader – Eugene V. Debs – was an honest man who lived the spartan life one would expect from a dedicated socialist. Today’s leaders of the left are either born to great wealth (Ted Kennedy) or mysteriously manage to amass great wealth (Harry Reid) while serving in office.
The progressives just don’t figure it out – never figure out just why most liberal leaders don’t go near leftist rhetoric in an election year: they want the votes and the donations, but only because they gets them in to power, or higher up in power. And, sure, they’ll fund liberal programs like no tomorrow – but only because buying votes with taxpayer money is one of their ways of winning election.
One wonders: did they really think that Obama was going to go after the banksters? Really shut down the magnificently successful Bush anti-terror policies just because some rank-and-file liberals had been conned in to thinking that the people were being spied on and terrorists were being tortured? Really conduct a transparent government when such transparency would spill the beans about just how liberal leaders conduct themselves?
Given the anger we’re seeing, I have to figure they did. They believed the Hope and Change mantra. They believed in Obama – that is hard for us on the right to understand, as we saw through his scam early on – and nothing is more heart-breaking than to have an icon collapse.
What will come of it? Hard to say – progressives do have a very sheep-like mentality and they may just gripe but follow…or, they may split the Democrat party. Time will tell.
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