It seems that in his attempts to sound more conservative now that he has clinched the Democratic nomination, Mr. Obama is alienating the hard core left. The latest from Mr. Kos himself,
Maybe what looks like cowering to me is really part of that “moving to the center” stuff everyone keeps talking about. But there is a line between “moving to the center” and stabbing your allies in the back out of fear of being criticized. And, of late, he’s been doing a lot of unecessary stabbing, betraying his claims of being a new kind of politician. Not that I ever bought it, but Obama is now clearly not looking much different than every other Democratic politician who has ever turned his or her back on the base in order to prove centrist bona fides. That’s not an indictment, just an observation.
Now I know there’s a contingent around here that things Obama can do no wrong, and he must never be criticized, and if you do, well f*** you! I respect the sentiment, but will respectfully disagree.
It seems the bloom is finally off of the rose and the left in the country might finally be wearying of Obama’s faux-messiah status.
As an aside, am I missing something or is it a little bit less than “respectful” to say “f*** you” to someone during an argument? Just wondering. I haven’t spent a lot of time on the Daily Kos over the past year, so I can’t say that I’m really up to speed on the extreme left’s “argument” techniques.
