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Let me help you out here.
“Liberals” think Clinton’s finest hour was bombing Yugoslavia. They don’t even know that Clinton bombed Iraq long before Bush. They forget that he bombed Sudan. They don’t even think about Haiti. They are not interested in the effects of economic sanctions on anyone else. Actually they’re not interested in anyone else unless a movie star says so. Clinton was nothing but two terms of “peace and prosperity.”
“Progressives” think Clinton is a murderous war criminal who laid the foundations for everything Bush did.
“Liberals” think Obama is “progressive.” They have no actual idea what Obama stands for. They voted and that’s it, end of responsibility. They’re just going to “wait and see” and “give him a chance.” They think he’s like Martin Luther King. They don’t know what Martin Luther King stood for either. Leaders lead and people just have to hope for the best.
“Progressives” know that Obama is just a hopey face on the imperial war machine. They know that Martin Luther King could never support Obama. They know that people have to make government work for them – likely through direct action like MLK did – even if the chances are slim.
“Liberals” read Salon magazine.
“Progressives” don’t.
Glenn Greenwald is the only reason to come to this site.
