Obama throws MoveOn — and progressive activists — under the bus

Just.Another.Politician.™ is just another politician in spades.

Note how tricky he is.

First, he gets MoveOn to disband its 527 advocacy group, then he not only throws it under the bus, but backs up for a second run-over in the same speech.

And, he would also seem to attack many American citizens who got the most fired up about the war in Iraq, when he talks about the “so-called counter-culture of the sixties.”

As someone who marched in multiple antiwar events, if that’s his take, he’s part of the problem as much as being part of the solution. Making one speech for calculated political reasons as much as for idealism, in 2002, shows that.

Video for a second run-over in the same speech, in case reading the text isn’t enough.

You know, I don’t know whether to hope Obama wins, so I can say “I told you so” for four years to My-Democrats-right-or-wrong” type of Democrats, or hope he loses so those people finally get a clue about not letting candidates drift to the right.

Or deliberately take sharp turns to the right.

I also agree with Josh that Obama doesn’t make sense to back off Schmuck Talk’s war record.