For any honest progressive, the shrill, desperate, even hysterical arguments for voting for the Democrats get thinner and thinner with each Democratic regime. Yes, the GOP seems intent on turning itself into a quasi-fascist party. But on almost no issue are the Dems materially better.
Certainly on human rights, the Democratic Party has been an abomination going back to Woodrow Wilson. Massive repression of progressives has been the rule.
Anyway, here's the latest example of the kindness and compassion of the Democrats, courtesy of NPR news (11/21/12 -2pm EST):
Obama is on track to pardoning the FEWEST prisoners since- get this- John Adams. (The second President, after Washington.) He's granted ONE WHOLE PARDON for every 290 beseechments.
Compare that to his predecessor, Bush the Younger. Bush granted mercy to one in every 55 requests.
Yeah, there's a whole lot of Hope for Change under Obama. Oh wait, there has been change. They've "legalized" indefinite imprisonment without charges for American citizens, in military dungeons. Just like in a military dictatorship! (All they have to do is call you a name: "terrorist!")
And Obama has killed a few thousand people with drone strikes.
But not to worry. As his cold-blooded AG, Eric Holder, Jr., says, "due process isn't judicial process." The killers decide someone is worthy of death. (Like the 16 year old son of Anwar al-Awlaki.) They discuss the matter among themselves. Then they decide whether to kill him. What could be more judicious?
Anyway, it was his own fault for having the wrong father. As Obama's senior campaign adviser Robert Gibbs explained after the murder, the boy "should have [had] a far more responsible father."
Recall, the son was killed two weeks after his father. There is no evidence- or even an assertion- that he was an Al-Qaeda member. ["Robert Gibbs Says Anwar al-Awlaki's Son, Killed By Drone Strike, Needs 'Far More Responsible Father'" - Huffingtonpost.]
