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Obama  'Bamboozles'  Loyalists
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http://americanfreepress.net/?p=8719
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When assessing a president's effectiveness, one of the best gauges is to
speak with those who initially placed faith in him. On February 6,
AMERICAN FREE PRESS contacted two individuals that increasingly feel a
great deal of disappointment in Barack Obama's policies.
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J.D. Tuccille, the online managing editor of Reason magazine, a
publication that specializes in libertarian issues, told this writer,
"Obama has gone back on a number of vows, such as closing Gitmo, ending
the PATRIOT Act, and the use of indefinite detention. He hasn't lived up
to a lot of his verbiage."
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When asked why ardent leftists like filmmaker Michael Moore were
surprised by Obama's actions, Tuccille responded, "They shouldn't be
because Obama did the same thing during his first term. It's accurate to
say there's policy continuity from Bush to Obama. The only difference is
that Obama has a ˜D" [for Democrat] beside his name."
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Chris Ernesto, a longtime organizer for the Florida-based antiwar group
St. Pete for Peace, held even more reservations. "Nobody imagined that
this president would carry forward the policies of Bush-Cheney,"�
Ernesto began. "But now
I realize why he's the perfect person to promote a neocon agenda. Obama
has a pretty face and speaks real well. So, he's perpetuated the myth
that its okay to detain people, kill them, or target and invade
countries like Libya and Mali."�
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Ernesto next addressed a topic that AFP has covered at length. "The
Obama administration claims that it's acceptable to assassinate American
citizens without charges or bringing them to trial. In fact, White House
spokesman Jay Carney said that such practices were 'legal, ethical and
wise.' That was a real jaw-dropper."�
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Another sore point for Ernesto is the antiwar movement itself. He
stated, "The left hates when we bash Obama, but they can't admit that
they got tricked. After Obama's election, the left went to sleep. I soon
realized that, other than a few passionate organizations like CODE PINK
and the Answer Coalition, these people were hypocrites. They weren't
really antiwar. They were anti-Bush. Where are all the peace rallies now
that Obama is doing the same thing as Bush and Cheney by assassinating
people and using indefinite detention?