the curious departures of Obama’s liberal detractors

In my stats’ “Recent Search phrase”: Is Jill Stein the Anti-Christ?

Answer: No.

It’s a perennial.  Everyone asks if every politician of any note is the anti-Christ.  I don’t know why Jill Stein matters enough to be the anti-Christ, but there you go.

She’s gotten a write-up in the NY Times over the weekend.  It is her brief moment in the spotlight.  And here’s what is interesting.

The Green Party’s supporters tend to be young, but the party is also popular with liberals of all ages who are disenchanted with the Obama administration.  Emily Winter, 24, is one such voter.  “I voted for Obama because he preached change, and he’s done impressive work in the area of women’s rights, heath care and foreign policy,” said Winter, a Boston University graduate student who approached Stein on a South End street to ask for a photo. “But I feel like too many other policies are stuck where they’ve been for years.”

The “Foreign Policy” angle is curious.  I saw it before from Congressman Peter Defazio…
Who claimed Obama has made the US No longer an International Pariah.  Citing other items as where Obama has failed us.

When other figures (you know… Glenn Greenwald…) claims this as the area Obama merges with the previous administration.

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