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In reply to the discussion: An open letter to folks like myself who cannot in good conscience vote for Obama [View all]WiffenPoof
(2,404 posts)...you believe that Obama did not campaign as a "Progressive." I would take considerable issue with that. How anybody can watch and listen to his campaign speeches and not conclude that he was coming from a Progressive point of view is completely baffling to me. As a Biden supporter, I remember telling my wife during the campaign that Obama was laying out progressive goals that I didn't feel he was going to be able to achieve. As time went on, I actually began to believe in what he was saying...hope and change started to mean something to me. Maybe he is the real thing. I not only became a big supporter of President Obama, I actually started believing that he could pull it off. I am a Democrat...(now known as a Progressive, I guess). I know when I hear "progressive" speeches...I was not in denial and I didn't hear only what I wanted to hear. He campaigned as a Progressive and has governed as a moderate.
-PLA