Monday, August 04, 2008

BARACK OBAMA

'There have been troubling signs that you are moving away from the core commitments shared by many who have supported your campaign.'

An open letter from high-profile liberals to Obama:

Since your historic victory in the primary, there have been troubling signs that you are moving away from the core commitments shared by many who have supported your campaign, toward a more cautious and centrist stance—including, most notably, your vote for the FISA legislation granting telecom companies immunity from prosecution for illegal wiretapping, which angered and dismayed so many of your supporters.

The open letter includes a list of "key positions you have embraced that we believe are essential to sustaining this movement", which might translate as, "don't you dare flip-flop on these." Among them: a "fixed timetable" for Iraq withdrawal, "fair trade policies", universal healthcare, "restoration of the freedom to organize unions" (when was that rescinded?) path to citizenship for illegal aliens, and abortion (Duh, though one wonders how these folks would greet Running Mate Tim Kaine).

One of the signers? Obama delegate Norman Soloman.

08/04 05:13 PMShare