The Medea

Well, it turns out Barack Obama doesn't have the Secret Service keep the door barred against Medea Benjamin's entrance. Thank goodness for that. Otherwise that powerhouse of truth and justice would not have gained admittance to the President's latest press briefing - wherein Obama newly informed us - and I'd be absolutely shocked if he really MEANT it - that the 2001 Authorization Of Force enabling apparently permanent "war on terror" needs to end SOME DAY. And Guantanamo must close. And there needs to be SOME level of restraint on unmanned aerial drone warfare. Wow - many of these are positions President-elect Obama maintained... in 2009! And so, Mr. President... we just need to know now that you are really SINCERE. Oh, shucks, never mind. This must be one of Obama's famous tantalizing, tentative verbalisms, nothing more. Still, three cheers for Medea Benjamin, who helped bring about this wondrous change - temporary, of course, just like all those previous about-faces. At least she got Barack Obama to issue forth some relatively positive, progressive, RHETORIC. I doubt, however, that this will result in serious policy transformation. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/code-pink-activist-medea-benjamin-heckles-obama-195521792.html