Just saw the Chris Matthews show. Matthews interviews Conrad about the tax and financial situation and Conrad echoes Obamas veiled hostilities towards the left. Corporate America gets what it wants.
Conrad, amplifying the OBAMA cover story against their policies and lack of will, blames the progressives and liberals to stop thinking of themselves and act like Democrats and blow one for the gipper. What balls to spit in our face.This is the Corporate Dem mindset, cause lets face it, they hate us. Obama Democrats in Congress and his lackeys in the Senate like Reid and Conrad, have all but ignored any progressive interventions. Conrad and the rest expect us to lie down and not critique the presidents track record. Obama said the same thing I know you all remember. He blamed "those on the left" to "get with the program". They are feeling the heat from the left and are attempting to provide themselves cover. Obama and his corporate cabinet have all but ignored those who really got him elected. He's now jettisoned his pretense as a progressive candidate or any fantasy as being a uniter. Hell, Obama isn't even a leader. Does anyone really think he can lead men-a nation against the right? His message is gone and noone should be surprised.
He's capitulated on Health Care and Financial reform. (I wont mention the suspensioon of habeus corpus in "the war on terrorism) "I DONT HAVE THE VOTES" to pass this or that. Sure, if you make backroom deals with Pharma, the lobbyists and the insurance companies. Did you bother to fight? Woo votes? Break some heads like LBJ with "the treatment"? Offer deals? Never happen. Why. Because Obama is a risk and conflict averse politician who really can't get into the nitty gritty. He's an ass kissing conciliator as evidenced by his generous reform bills that filled the coffers of the power elite. And he is already bending over on SOCIAL SECURITY and Medicare cuts. Nancy Pelosi just lowered the boom on the deficit reduction panel-plan espousing these very cuts. This is bad abd has gotten worse. Obama is going to play with the Republicans like Clinton did in 94'. NAFTA-welfare reform was a disaster but Clinton only gave a damn about his own re-election. Obama is doing the same by playing ball with the Repubs and signaling his willingness to rape the social protections. Wall St. is very happy. They got what they want.
Now, for months Obama indicated that the uppercrusts will never get their tax cuts and add 700 billion to the debt. Since the elections last week , hes changed his tune to now saying the rich will get their cuts. Bend over some more and further alienate your base. You should have tried to pass the damn thing before you got your ass handed to you on election day.DADT should have been gone a while ago. Broken promises and then trying to finesse your way out of it. There is a reason why Insurance,Pharma and Wall st are not complaining.. They wrote the bills.
These DEMS are irritated by the lefts deft criticism of the president. Its our job. We dont eat our own like the right and Obama sure isnt bulletproof to legitimate attacks on his very dissappointing performance.
The argument that we must always stick with the Democratic machine has already pissed me off. We have to be always in lockstep no matter what cuz Republicans will take over-we have to stick together...blah blah blah. If we thought like that nothing would improve and we would never find superior candidates to run for office. Its actually fear mongering to the base as if we're actually that stupid to buy it.
I read the diaries every day. There is overwhelming dissapointment bordering on hate, about the presidents capitulations. I havent spoken to one liberal,like myself, who is remotely happy with him. Noone but the left is lowering the boom on him, otherwise it would be buried under a mountain of bullshit press releases and crafted media events.
To end, I would like to see a primary challenge by a real progressive or even a real Democrat for Obama in 2012. I'm fed up to the gills. I am just not supporting him anymore. Give me a Grayson-who has already proven he has real guts,or Bernie or even Markos. Obama has flip flopped up and down on other policies, but that will be for another diary. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE...yea....just don't hope too much.