by MARGARET KIMBERLEY
It is rare for the corruption of the American political system to be revealed openly and clearly, but that is exactly what took place at a White House press briefing last week. The sight of the current president ceding the spotlight to a former president and one time rival was indeed unique, but its significance was not mere theater. The 2008 election, which pitted Barack Obama against Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries, was despite the sound and fury, a fight amongst political twins. The Clinton/Obama press conference proved that beyond a doubt.
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Barack Obama’s ability to get unqualified support from Democratic progressives is officially toast, and his dependence on Bill Clinton to get him out of the doghouse is proof. His high handed and dismissive behavior of Democratic critics was the last straw for many people who had previously been his defenders. Like the battered wife who finally defends herself, Democrats who have excused Obama’s compromises are now screaming for blood, after their idol dismissed them one time too many. After calling his critics “sanctimonious” and singing the praises of craven compromise, Democrats were disinclined to get behind the president’s tax give away to the Republicans.
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