October 2008
5 posts
WatchPoint Taken
Look, people (Dave, Marc, Motormouth) I won’t let this happen, but I will keep holding Barack’s feet to the fire. I’m not anti-Obama, okay? I’m just an anti-horsepucky, cranky, pluralistic, progressive, cynic/romantic so… ummm… deal.
Back to Black
Well that didn’t last long. Goddamnit I wish I wasn’t compelled to call bullshit when it’s right in front of me! I’m still going to vote for him because I believe he’s more or less better suited for the job, but make no mistake, Obama is no progressive. In fact, he’s barely a Democrat at all. I’m so fed up by my fellow liberal/progressives willingness to...
Bandwagonesque - ish
I’ve been really critical of Obama, because I am irked by cults of personality, he’s no where near as progressive as I want him to be, I can’t stand how he invokes Reagan with such reverence (union busting, voodoo econmics, Iran-Contra, AIDS ignoring Saint Ronnie is a fucking role model?) in his zeal to promote post partisnaship and in general I’m a cynical bastard anyhow,...