Many Kos readers have been upset with my recent criticism of Obama Anyone who wants to know my political positions should understand that I founded Air America Radio and Nova M Radio. I personally played a role in hiring every major liberal talk show host including Al Franken, Rachel Maddow, Randi Rhodes, Thom Hartmann, and Mike Malloy. I also served on the board of directors of Democracy Radio which ultimately put Ed Schultz on the air. I think it is safe to say that there would be no liberal talk radio today without my influence. You can also read my archives on the Huffington Post at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... for which I was a contributor for 3 years. I left the Huffpo after a dispute with Arianna about Pat Buchanan's racial bigotry during the primaries as an MSNBC analyst.
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My political views transcend any political candidate. Any fair reading of my published material clearly shows that I am an FDR, JFK liberal and as JFK said am proud of it. That is why I am so disappointed in Obama since he became the presumptive nominee. I was really impressed with his campaign message and oratory and actually thought he would be a real agent of change. As the first black Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party I thought that he had the license to boldly move forward the idea that the ways of DC do not work anymore. I am also from Chicago and know personally Axelrod and many of Obama's campaign team. I am also personal friends of the Clintons. I was very critical of the Clintons during the primaries as evidenced by my writings and hiring of Randi Rhodes when Air America suspended her after a night club performance by Randi in which she used an off colored word to describe her.
I advised the Obama team not to go to the so-called center after he got the nomination and yet that is exactly what they did. His poll numbers sadly have dropped sharply since then. I told the Axelrod team not to fall for the media's idea that they needed to go to the "center." I believe that the electorate is based primarily upon uniformed voters who need to be educated which the media describes as centrist. The media keeps the masses "dumbed down" so they can control the corporate message that they advance so well. Mass media wants everyone to believe that America is a centrist country.
What a great message Obama had if he had only stuck to it. Now he has to wallow with the likes of Joe Biden who voted for the war and co-authored the Bankruptcy Act that supported credit companies from his home state. One can only hope that the fragile coalition in the Democratic Party has not been destroyed.