On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 6:22 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "The same Patriot Act that progressives voted against actually." > > > Obama signs temporary extension of Patriot > Act<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/25/AR2011022505562.html> > > Interesting. Does that mean Obama isn't a progressive?
That would be correct. You probably have been ignoring everything I've said about Obama, but I've pointed out, repeatedly, that he is a centrist, a corporatist and a national security/government power hawk. He came out in favor of continuing warrantless wiretapping even as a Presidential candidate. He was straight forward about his support of the Patriot Act and anyone who is surprised that he pushed for it as President wasn't paying attention. He is fairly progressive in a number of areas. He was certainly a better candidate than McCain. No one who was really paying attention, however, would have ever called him a progressive, especially in the area of national security and government power. Juda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334752 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
