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Perhaps George Bernard had them in mind when he said:
"Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for the appointment of the corrupt few."
Obama especially upheld the tradition and then some. He's done what supporters thought impossible. He's governed to the right of George Bush domestically and abroad.
He looted the nation's wealth, wrecked the economy, and consigned growing millions to impoverishment without jobs, homes, savings, social services, or futures.
His weapon of choice is war. He's waging them globally on humanity and threatening more, perhaps with nuclear weapons. He deployed Special Forces death squads in over 120 countries.
He presides over the world's largest gulag. He claims the right to detain US citizens indefinitely without charge. He believes democratic values are impediments to world dominance.
He's heading America rapidly toward tyranny. He continued the worst Bush policies and added others. He uses repressive homeland police state tactics against enemies.
He targets Muslims, Latino immigrants, dissenters, whistleblowers, social justice/anti-war advocates, and environmental and animal rights called terrorists. He authorized killing US citizens abroad based on unproved suspicions of terrorism.
He spies more aggressively domestically than George Bush. He's destroying public education and hard won labor rights. He's eroding Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, public pensions, and living wage security in decent jobs.
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