OBAMA NEVER WAS ON OUR SIDE

FROM COMMON DREAMS by Jeff Cohen:

"The accusations imply that Obama is on our side. Or was on our side. And that the right wing is pushing him around.

But the evidence is clear that Obama is an often-willing servant of corporate interests -- not someone reluctantly doing their bidding, or serving their interests only because Republicans forced him to.

Since coming to Washington, Obama has allied himself with Wall Street Democrats who put corporate deregulation and greed ahead of the needs of most Americans:

The sad truth is that Obama had arrived at the White House looking to make cuts in benefits to the elderly. Two weeks before his inauguration, O echoed conservative scares about Soc Sec and Medicare by talking of “red ink as far as the eye can see.” He opened his doors to Soc Sec/Medicare cutters -- first trying to get Rep Sen Judd Gregg (“a leading voice for reining in entitlement spending,” ) into his cabinet, and later appointing entitlement-foe Alan Simpson to co-chair his “Deficit Commission.” O’s top economic advisor, Larry Summers, came to the White House publicly telling Time of needed Social Security cuts."

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