Includes getting more "responsible" about withdrawing from Iraq; support death penalty for rapists; supports Supremes nullification of D.C. gun ban; does Sister Soldjah number on MoveOn.Org; rejects public financing; back-tracking on NAFTA; dissing Wesley Clark.
Some of these in my book are defensible or at least much less important than others. Welfare reform is a biggie. The list is growing. I'm thinking about hobbies.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: B.
> Sent: 07/01/08 01:56 pm
> To: LBO Talk
> Subject: [lbo-talk] Checklist of recent Obama right-wing policy
> announcements
>
> Is there anyone who's kept a checklist of the policy
> revelations Obama has given in the past couple of
> weeks that put him further to the right than he
> initially *appeared* to be? [Krugman has always said
> his domestic agenda was to the right of Hillary's.]
>
> It seems like so far it's been:--
>
>
> 1. Keep and expand Bush's faith-based initiatives;
> welfare for religious organizations, particularly
> unsavory in light of...
>
> 2. ... announced support for "welfare reform," a la
> Clinton's elimination of AFDC
>
> 3. Support for telco amnesty when it comes to
> prosecution for wiretaps (FISA)
>
> 4. Disapproval of 60s anti-Vietnam War protesters who
> expressed themselves "by burning flags, by blaming
> America for all that was wrong with the world, and
> perhaps most tragically, by failing to honor those
> veterans coming home from Vietnam, something that
> remains a national shame to this day."
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/30/AR2008063002412_pf.html
>
>
> Also, lest there come the usual "ARE YOU REALLY
> SURPRISED!? GOOD GOD MAN JUST HOW NAIVE ARE
> YOU!?"-type responses, which there are always on this
> list whenever someone points out a Dem's rightward
> shift and is pissed about it, please note this post is
> not made because I am now tragically disillusioned
> whereas before I was some believer in Obama, which I
> wasn't and have never been. Anyone who sees my post
> history on the guy should know that. So please hold
> the "ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU ARE REALLY SURPRISED BY
> THIS!? YOU ARE CERTAINLY A NAIVE ONE! GET AS SAVVY &
> WORLDWEARY AS ME, MY FRIEND!" type crap.
>
> Anyway, I know I missed a few above. Probably some
> foreign policy stuff.
>
> -B.
>
>
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