With Nomination Clinched, Obama Now Free To Be Horrifying Scumbag

So Barack Obama just recorded a radio ad for Rep. John Barrow (D-GA). Barrow has accused Democrats of wanting to "cut and run" in Iraq, and enthusiastically supports telcom immunity. He needs Obama's support because he's being challenged in the primary by State Senator Regina Thomas. Bonus scumbaginess: Barrow is white, Thomas is an African-American woman. Glenn Greenwald has the appalling details here.

Meanwhile, Nell says: "I encourage anyone who can afford to do so to donate to the non-partisan effort to prevent a Congressional sellout on warrantless eavesdropping and and immunity for telcoms who broke the law helping the Bush regime invade our privacy." (People with blurgz may also wish to join the blurg arm of the left-right alliance Strange Bedfellows.) Again, Greenwald has the background.

—Jonathan Schwarz

Posted at June 19, 2008 09:03 AM

