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The sell-out by rank-and-file Democrats in Congress that will allow the Bush tax exemptions for the wealthy to continue, as President Obama wishes, is indicative of the utter abandonment of the liberal ethos that characterized Democratic office holders during the New Deal era. The Democratic Party no longer deserves its name, any more than Republicans deserve to call themselves “the party of Lincoln.” Over and again, Obama caves in to the demands of the Republican Right, putting up not even a feeble fight for what the public believed were his principles on health care and taxation. Only the emerging Green Party takes the traditional progressive stance, as indicated by its support of Julian Assange.
via OpEdNews – Article: GREENS DEFENDING ASSANGE WHILE GOP, DEMS, ATTACK.
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