Political musing (feel free to skip)

[flewellyn]

Following the primaries, I'm still very much undecided whether I want to support Obama or not. Both my first choice (Edwards) and my second (Clinton) have come out in support of him, and that says a lot to me.

But then I hear about stuff like this, in which protestors and dissenters at an Obama rally were systematically excluded and dismissed by his campaign's operatives. And it makes me wonder...isn't this Bush stuff? If Obama means to unify the party, how come his campaign's actions seem geared toward unity through purge?

Very discomfitting. If Obama turns out to be Bush Lite, then my choices at the ballot box will be Bush Lite or Bush Redux. Not much of a choice, is it?

Comments

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

I would remind you that he intended to vote to confirm Roberts, until his staff told him that would be a bad idea, strategically.

[cheekyweebisom.livejournal.com]

1) Source?

2) Even if that's the case, does it really make you think his Court appointees would be as conservative as McCain's? Voting on confirmation is not the same thing as nominating.

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Well, it doesn't comfort me a whole lot, I'll tell you that.

Source here (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/26/AR2007082601446.html?nav=hcmodule), for one.