July 7, 2008
Guess Who Just Got Thrown Under the ObamaBus?
Why, Mark Crispin Miller — rightful darling of the so-called “progressive left” now marching in lockstep to the tune of “I Will Follow Him” (“…follow Him wherever He may go…”), but now a pariah, since Miller has the audacity to call it like it is:
Obama’s FISA Statement is a Mess
(Just like his Stand on Faith-based Programs)Obama’s recent rightward moves — concerning BushCo’s faith-based programs, and the FISA bill — have both been loudly justified by commentators who would certainly deplore them if it weren’t Obama who had made them.
The thinking goes like this: “Obama’s our guy, and he’s really cool, the candidate of ‘change,’ so we should cut him all the slack he needs, so he can get elected president. In any case, this recent stuff is not so bad. So let’s all lighten up — or else. Because he has to make such moves, or he will lose; and those who criticize him now are only helping the Republicans.”
That view is wrong on every count. …
Find out why. Click the link and read the whole piece. It’s more than worth it.
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