Wednesday, December 02, 2009

David Swanson: "The President Acting as a Caesar" - Consortium News

[Excerpt] ... If President George W. Bush had called something serving 2 to 5 percent of Americans a "public option," MoveOn.org would have attacked him for deceiving the country. When Obama does that, all the activist groups celebrate his public service.

When Bush continued and escalated wars, the more principled peace groups told the House of Representatives to deny him the money. After 11 months, we are just beginning to drag a few of the better peace groups partially away from their lobbying of the new emperor, in order to work on denying the money. ... Read more and consider this header, first.

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