Reply #70: "Some are a stretch to use as any criticism of Obama..."

[woo me with science]

Oh, really? Good lord, what a vapid response. Can you please explain to me how aggressively pushing settlements that will protect corrupt bankers from criminal prosecution is "a stretch to use as criticism of Obama?" These are the criminals who drove millions into poverty, and nothing will improve as long as they are protected and enabled.

And are you seriously saying you have no problem with his using Social Security and Medicare as hostages to slash over a TRILLION from the budget during the worst economy since the Great Depression? Or with multiple new free trade agreements to ship jobs overseas? War is Peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. We have truly reached the age of Newspeak when policies that will result in outsourcing are shamelessly labeled "jobs" legislation.

You do realize that everything I referenced (as well as the shamefully long list I didn't) is classic Republican policy, don't you?

This is the problem with our party now. Too much Third Way enabling of corporate fellatio that is not only not helpful, but DESTRUCTIVE to the already shafted middle and lower classes. I guess you and I differ on what is acceptable behavior from a supposed Democrat.

Chuckle all you like if it makes you feel better, but know that these sorts of actions have consequences that harm real people, every single day we allow them to continue. Betrayals like these, from the President who in 2008 promised to fight for us, are exactly why frustrated, devastated, and furious Americans are now massing in the streets.