Ralph Nader, consumer advocate and contrarian, still continues with his Cassandra-like march against the imperious forces of crony-corporatism, government incompetence, and inequity. His actions over the decades, through the institution of safer vehicles, consumer protection legislation and regulatory bodies, and his tireless work to expose the gross distortions of avarice masquerading as capitalism, has saved more American lives and a many public dollars than all the past half-dozen US presidents combined. In the above posted video from Yahoo tech ticker, he lays out in his opinion of the Obama administration's first nine months.
It includes such highlights as:
- His early months in office have been "very disappointing."
- Obama is "a frightened man," who won't take on corporate power.
- Obama is "conflict averse" - and a "harmony ideology type," who's being taken advantage of by the sharks in Congress, of both parties.
- He's "Bush-Cheney redux" when it comes to military and foreign policy, "albeit with better speeches" to the Muslim world. Given Obama's handling of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Nader wonders in amazement: "And they gave him the [Nobel] Peace Prize?"
Unlike the teabaggers and those on the right who have Obama derangement syndrome, Nader's criticisms are based on Obama's actual policies, which continue to be substantially less than and in too many cases opposite what he campaigned upon during the Democratic party primaries and full election.
Additional reading on "fact based" criticisms from the left, produced by Mr. Obama's less than awe-inspiring presidency can be found on this blog here and here.
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