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Left's profitable Pauline conversion?

By Daniel Kogoy - posted Thursday, 19 January 2012


Dr Jill Stein referring to Obama's abuse of civil liberties 'These are the beginnings of a proto-fascist state' and 'we need to nip this in the bud now.

Obama has been at least as bad as Bush if not worse, for extending the Patriot Act, and extending it into cyberspace, spying on American citizens, and they have no idea whether they're being listened to or not. We've also recently heard of some assassinations the president has been committing, including the teenage son of someone who is suspected of terrorism, and these were American citizens.'

But didn't Obama implement the Holy Grail for United States Progressives? Didn't he achieve generational reform of the dysfunctional US healthcare system? Obama's health system is modeled on the Republican model, or 'RomneyCare' that was implemented in Massachusetts and is a disaster according to Dr Jill Stein who is also a medical doctor and Massachusetts resident.

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'When people get sick, they don't like the system. They find that the insurance policy doesn't protect them or their financial security very well. And you have just as many bankruptcies under "RomneyCare" as before. It's a mixed bag. It did some good, but health care can't just be half good. You can't take care of half of your body.'

In the absence of any Democrat challenger to the Obama administration, the Left, Greens and Progressives should be supporting Dr Ron Paul's bid to win the Republican Party nomination. A Paul victory would force Obama to discuss the key issues of the senseless wars overseas, civil liberties and the Wall Street bailouts. Obama would no longer be able to take these issues for granted – and that can only be a good thing.

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Daniel Kogoy is an Environment Manager and Leichhardt Greens Councillor. He tweets at @DanielKogoy. These are his personal views.

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