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Political Campaign Theatre Masquerading as Real Difference

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Where was Obama then? In fact where has he been BEFORE re-election mode became paramount and required him to "appear" he was on the side of the people?

So why so rough on Obama; because he raised expectations and didn't deliver; people trusted him; I trusted him. He raised hopes, then squandered it all by appeasing the right and his own "blue dog" Democrats on everything of consequence from health care reform, reform of the financial industry, mortgage foreclosure reforms to holding the Bush mob responsible for authorizing torture, expanding the wars to increasing the use of drones; the list goes on and on.

So maybe most Americans have short memories or ready to vote for the lesser of evils. But all this will do is continue, business as usual, regardless of who wins in November.

What it all comes down to is it's all a political charade, masquerading as real differences between the Republicans and the Democrats. But it's only a continuation of our plutocracy of oligarchs who have captured both parties and our representative democracy to do their bidding.

 

 

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Retired. The author of "DECEIT AND EXCESS IN AMERICA, HOW THE MONEYED INTERESTS HAVE STOLEN AMERICA AND HOW WE CAN GET IT BACK", Authorhouse, 2009
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