You voted for Obama – Time to Move Left?

Are you one of those who voted for Obama and the Democrats and feel that you got Republican results? I don’t think you’re alone. My friends who voted for Obama and the Democrats did so for reasons like those below.

1)      To stop the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the drone bombing of Pakistan.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/12/iraq-us-troop-withdrawal-delay

http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/troops-in-afghanistan-now-outnumber-those-in-iraq/?scp=1&sq=Obama%20more%20troops%20afghanistan&st=cse

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/world/asia/04drones.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/05/obama-gives-commanders-wide-berth-for-secret-warfare/57202/

2)      To end the economic crisis, especially the unemployment problem.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/business/economy/21econ.html?scp=3&sq=high%20unemployment%20continues&st=cse

3)      To stop foreclosures and keep working people in their homes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/business/20default.html?scp=1&sq=foreclosures%20continue&st=cse

4)      To win health care for all through a single-payer plan.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-29-insurance-premiums_N.htm

5)      To stop bad environmental policies like off-shore oil drilling.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/science/earth/31energy.html

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/100135-spill-drifts-toward-obama

6)      To close Guantanamo and end Bush policies that violated human rights.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/18/AR2009111800571.html

Now, you can continue voting for Democrats and get Republican results, or we can begin to create a working class alternative to the left of the Democratic Party.