tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post7860909752001488345..comments2024-03-26T05:19:30.411-04:00Comments on PA Editors Blog: CAN PROGRESSIVES SUPPORT OBAMA?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-26965177769075612042007-09-16T08:54:00.000-04:002007-09-16T08:54:00.000-04:00I have a problem with most candidates, but as far ...I have a problem with most candidates, but as far as the war goes I would support kucinich. While the support for any candidate is supporting lies, or at best half truths; I look for someone who has a solid program that would benefit the majority of American people.<BR/><BR/>While I am not a supporter of war, I see the US there for many many years. I will agree that any of the top tier CHUQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06152641524435312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-9419005449269571772007-09-13T18:41:00.000-04:002007-09-13T18:41:00.000-04:00You may well be right. I think, however, that the ...You may well be right. I think, however, that the war is so important an issue that pressure has to be put on the candidates or they will not adopt progressive positions. I don't know why you believe Obama when he says he will bring the troops home. That is just what he says he won't do. He says he will leave some troops in Iraq indefinitely to protect American "interests". That is Bush lite.Thomas Rigginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134918311479627762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327639392070628793.post-47000531452443560992007-09-13T18:02:00.000-04:002007-09-13T18:02:00.000-04:00I completely disagree. I think assertions about su...I completely disagree. I think assertions about supporting this or that candidate in the primary season is premature and pointless.<BR/><BR/>As with each presidential election, support for a candidate is not going to come down to specific statements on any one issue.<BR/><BR/>It is going to be about the forces we are trying to block from gaining power.<BR/><BR/>Statements like "progressives" Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16818415755568794461noreply@blogger.com