Obama’s Line on Lobbyists is Misleading
Trudy Lieberman, Columbia Journalism Review
http://www.alternet.org/election08/77492/
Obama claims that he doesn’t take money from lobbyists. The truth is, he is as beholden to special interest groups as all of the other candidates.

[Duchess Note: Obama is also very much beholden to many corporations, insurance, etc. If he’s elected president, then those who support and voted for him (I am NOT one of them) better hold his feet to the fire. Make him, other candidates and our elected officials listen to OUR rights and demands, not those of the friggin corporations. The only presidential candidate, out of the original eight Democrats, who did NOT take money from lobbyists and/or corporations, is Dennis Kucinich. He is beholden to the American people and no one else. He is the only true peace candidate and always there for us.]

Cleveland Corporate Media vs. Dennis Kucinich
David Swanson, OpEdNews.com
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_david_sw_080226_cleveland_corporate_.htm

Kucinich Stands with Union Truck Drivers for Jobs
Rick Nagin, People’s Weekly World
http://www.pww.org/article/view/12568/

It’s an Election, Not a Coronation
Rosemarie Jackowski, Dissident Voice
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/its-an-election-not-a-coronation/
The Democrats had their chance, and once again they blew it. They started out with Kucinich who called for the immediate withdrawal from Iraq — not only withdrawal across the Iraq border — but Kucinich called for bringing all troops home now. He also supported a Single Payer Health care system. That would save the lives of 18,000 U.S. citizens every year. The Democrats also had Edwards who had promised to fight the wave of corporate crime — a major problem. Would there be war if the corporations did not profit from the killing? Instead of voting for Kucinich or Edwards, the Party faithful cast their votes for candidates with a questionable history of support for peace, health care, and economic justice. This has created a vacuum of ideas. Nader is now filling that vacuum. The Democrats could have had it all — a peace candidate and an easy win against a weakened Republican candidate. Instead, they will again blame Nader, while refusing to accept the inevitable results of the votes of the Party faithful. They have ignored one of the most fundamental lessons of politics — you get what you vote for.

[Duchess Note: Many thanks to Linda in TX for above articles. As to the above article, I agree with much of her views, though I am NO longer a supporter of Ralph Nader. Was back in 2000, not in 2004 and definitely not now. McKinney will have my vote, as will many of the Green Party. Rosemarie is right; those that vote for BO, HC or JM, well, “you get what you vote for”. Bitching at Nader isn’t the answer to the situation. We must be the answer; we must be the real change. We must breathe down the necks of our representatives in DC. Let them know how we feel about the issues. Inform them to do a better job for us, not the corporations. The Corporate mainstream media wants to make the choices and so they push, shove, manipulate and call one un-American if you don’t do as they say. “We the People” need to think for ourselves and not rely on MSM. Time to make a stand and throw away the shackles of MSM brainwashing, because the future of our children depends on it. Strength through Peace.]