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Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:00 AM

Obama, telecoms and the Beltway system

Why is the Democratic nominee intervening in a Democratic primary to support one of the worst pro-war, Bush-enabling Blue Dogs against a highly credible, progressive challenger?
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, June 19, 2008 04:57 AM

    Destroy the Matrix

    How depressing. While we all know how corrupt the system is it is very hard when we see yet another politician helping to perpetuate that system. I'll make another call to the Obama campaign today so if nothing else they know that another voter has noticed our candidate's duplicity.

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