While stating that he is against telecomm immunity, Obama is supporting the re-election of one of the worst Bush-agenda Democrats, Congressman John Barrow (shades of Lieberman).
This is everything Obama claims so vehemently to oppose, claims he wants to end. And yet the Congress under the control of his party is about to enact a radical bill to legalize vast new warrantless eavesdropping powers and immunize telecoms who broke our country's laws for years. And not only is Obama doing nothing about any of that, but far more, he's actively intervening in a Democratic primary to help one of the worst enablers of all of this stay in power, while helping to defeat an insurgent, community-based challenger.
There's much more, read
Obama, telecoms and the Beltway system.
But it's critical to keep in mind that Obama is a politician and, like all people, is plagued by significant imperfections. He has largely entrenched himself in, and is dependent upon, the power structure he says he wants to undermine. Uncritical devotion to political leaders, including him, is destructive. Obama needs pressure, criticism, checks, and real scrutiny just like anyone else in power in order to keep him accountable, responsive, and faithful to the principles he claims are the ones driving him.
Still better than McCain, but ... this is our system, where the media ensures that the most Republican like candidates are the only Democrats left standing. That way, should they win they won't upset the rich and powerful so very much ...
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