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In reply to the discussion: So is every complaint about Obama wrong? Or some people just don't like to hear them? [View all]FedUp_Queer
(975 posts)What is this notion "democrats supporting democrats" crap. I, for one, will support a Democrat who is a Democrat, not a DINO. When a person does the things Obama has done (support indefinite detention, support government immunity for warrantless wiretapping, continue renditioning, expanding Bagram), I know I can't support him. Sure, there are things he's done right:
finally ended Iraq (though I'm not sure that is as much him as the fact that Iraq would not sign a SOA)...either way, he was against the war from the start and was there when they came home;
signed Lilly Ledbetter;
made some tweaks to the health care system;
signed the repeal of DADT;
signed some major minor changes to the financial regulatory structure;
signed SCHIP; and
others.
However, many extremely important items he ran against or for he has not done or acts more conservative than W (those mentioned above among others...and, yes, the DAA DOES authorize indefinite detention of Americans...which is consistent with his position that he has the right to order the killing of an American citizen without trial).
If DU really is a place where someone who simply claims the "D" moniker gets "support," then it's not what I thought it was. It seems to me a "Democrat" is more about the principles than the moniker. Maybe I'm wrong.