Is this the "who" you refer to? "Obviously, but you are the ones who handed them the wedge and the splitting maul." I am referring specifically to the "Progressives for Obama."
By their dishonesty in making Obama appear something he is not--- a friend of the people--- the Progressives for Obama have divided liberals, progressives and the left. Obama should have been opposed and not supported. The Progressives for Obama did not support Obama to defeat John McCain; they supported Obama to defeat Hillary Clinton. In fact, in spite of Carl Davidson's repeated protests to the contrary, the Progressives for Obama promoted Obama as a peace candidate. One only need look at the home page of the Progressives for Obama--- there is Obama speaking at a peace rally. A peace rally Obama never should have been allowed to speak at. This was set up to give Obama the image of being a proponent of peace which Obama is not and never has been. Why Carl Davidson, Bill Fletcher Jr., Tom Hayden and Barbara Ehrenreich did this we have yet to hear. Only they can explain what motivated their dishonesty. Now we are having to deal with this crap from people (a few who signed this statement) who think the left on its own should organize a political party without considering there is still some room for people to work inside of the Democratic Party (not that the Democratic Party offers people any real vehicle for change but it still provides a place where a lot of people choose to work--- right or wrong this is a reality). The fact is, we need an electoral movement bringing together liberals, progressives and the left around issues and solutions to the problems of the people.
No matter what one thinks of Hillary Clinton, Obama should not have been supported because his positions are just soooooooo baaaaadddddd. In fact, these Progressives for Obama pushed the idea that Hillary Clinton's positions were one and the same as those of Bill Clinton which is also an outright lie. (I am not going to get into Hillary's positions here but she would have been a far superior candidate to Obama from the standpoint of working people. If Davidson or anyone else wants to debate this I will be happy to oblige.) Plus, no matter how bad some of Hillary's positions might have been, her positions were well known, clearly stated and articulated so that we knew who we were dealing with... I would rather have a Hillary Clinton with Paul Krugman's and Robert Reich's advising and guiding her than what we have now.
Now, these initiators of the Progressives for Obama want us to believe they supported Obama to prevent McCain from winning. This is just not true. They supported Obama to defeat Hillary Clinton.
The Progressives for Obama repeatedly try to provide Obama with a facade of being a Lincoln or a Roosevelt--- again, a lie. In fact, Hillary would have fit this description much better and closer.
It is not a matter that we had to experience Obama to find out that he is a complete Wall Street stooge--- Obama in his actions and in his writings way prior to the primary stood exposed yet the Progressives for Obama sought to amplify and exaggerate the problems with Hillary Clinton while intentionally covering up and hiding what Obama is.
The Progressives for Obama repeatedly said they were for defeating the right and the ultra right. In fact, Obama is far to the right of Hillary Clinton on every single issue.
Hillary Clinton would have been the real lesser evil.
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