Democrats, Please Stay Involved DESPITE President Obama

The Republicans really are much, much worse than the Democrats. And if we allow Obama's glaring defects to demoralize us so badly that we stay home and don't vote, we will get what we deserve.

Obama is afraid to even mention poverty or race. He is pro-nuclear, and before the BP oil spill disaster he authorized offshore drilling that even Bush Jr. didn't allow. He lied during the campaign about his support for single-payer health care, and then he wouldn't even support the far weaker vigorous-government-option. He kept too many of Bush's people on, including the Treasury Secretary (an ex-Wall Street crook) and the defense secretary. He greatly increased the number of troops stationed overseas who are dying in wars that we will most certainly lose. Not to mention that the cost of this bloated military continues to grow rapidly.

His reform of Wall Street ended up being very moderate and tepid at best. Health care reform for Mr. Obama was not anything like universal health care to help out uninsured or poor people; it was all about cost containment.

In actual action Mr. Obama has no backbone or balls. His words are better than Mr. Bush's, but his actions tell a different story. Most of Obama's actions are those of a Republican wannabe.

He had his chief of staff call the progressives and the liberals “retarded.” They have not rescinded this vile statement or apologized in any way. Yes, it turns out that in action Mr. Obama seems to be just another dishonest Chicago politician.

But having the Democrats in charge is still much better than having the ignorant, racist Republicans in charge. These right wingers with the GOP are about 1000 times worse than the Democrats and Mr. Obama.

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