With Barack Obama's right turn over the past few weeks, since Hillary Clinton dropped out and left him as the only game in town, it further reinforces what I have believed from the start.
I will vote for Obama, but did not support him. That is no secret. I believe he is aligned, just like Clinton (who many alleged I supported), to the corporate, Establishment Democratic Party, and it takes no real effort to see this. I also believe that he takes much of his support for granted, particularly now that there is no alternative. But that does not mean I will be a lemming.
In speaking my mind on the subject, in offering dissent to the established view at this site, I and others have been insulted personally on a regular basis, called trolls, GOPers, and the like. Ironically, Obama praises dissent, but many of his ardent supporters at this site are incapable of tolerating it. So it goes.
But this diary is about something else. So please read on.
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