cloquewerk's thought bank

Shortly after securing the Democratic nomination, Obama has apparently already showed that the modern political/economic machine doesn't care who is elected to represent it—it'll plow on anyway. A Reuters article outlined Obama's commitment to stopping the Iranian nuclear threat, to the point of increasing sanctions past what they already are. His commitment to the state of Israel is also unwavering: Jerusalem will "remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided", making sure that no one could possibly think that he would ever consider objecting to Israel's seizure of half of the city 40 years ago. Yup, there's modern democracy in practice.

Of course people have written far better essays on this subject than I could ever do. Here's one I read recently, lending more credence to the idea that an elected "representative" really can't change much.

( After Bobby Kennedy (There Was Barack Obama) )