Greenpeace launches hard-hitting ad against Obama

[Bluebear]

This is a pretty interesting web video from Greenpeace, hitting President Obama for rolling back EPA regulations which would limit ozone-destroying pollution. The video features an unnamed former Obama campaign volunteer talking about her tireless effort knocking on doors and making phone calls in 2008 to help bring hope through his election. She expresses her disappointment at what Greenpeace says is the President not doing his job to protect the environment.

Last week, activists protesting the construction of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline, which would stretch from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, held a series of protests outside the White House, with over 1,200 people arrested. More than 100 former Obama 2008 staffers were arrested as well. Clearly the environmental movement views the 2008 campaign framework of "hope and change" as a real vehicle to pressure Obama now - and surely in coming months as the re-election campaign seeks to tap into the same wealth of energy that propelled them to victory in 2008.

Also of note: Vice President Al Gore leveled essentially the same criticism towards Obama on the environment yesterday as we're seeing from Greenpeace today.

http://www.americablog.com/2011/09/greenpeace-launches-hard-hitting-ad.html?m=1

[izquierdista]

1. The "who else you gonna vote for?" club

Growing by the days....

[sasha031]

2. good, I'm going to renew my membership with Greenpeace

[Bluebear]

6. Awesome

[xchrom]

3. Good. Nt

[LWolf]

4. Greenpeace has my support. nt

[tblue]

5. He'll throw them a bone like he did the unions last night

A little lip service goes a long way for this president. But the space under the bus is getting more crowded every day.

[Bluebear]

10. +

[QC]

7. Greenpeace never really loved him!

:cry:

[Bluebear]

8. Fringe haters

:cry:

[QC]

9. They are petulant, puristic, poutrageous pony-demanders. n/t

[Bluebear]

14. Kick

[bluestate10]

12. Greenpeace is a prime example of what is WRONG with those claiming

they are progressives. Their logic is so fucking twisted that they could not sell popsicles on a 110 degree day. True environmentalists cast those jerks out upon meeting them.

[Le Taz Hot]

17. Care to address the actual points in the article?

:shrug:

[Bluebear]

20. They never do, do they?

Whoever ignored is to whom you're speaking lol

[QC]

22. Don't hold your breath. n/t

[KG]

18. right on! the problem with progessives is that they demand progress!

:eyes:

[SpiralHawk]

19. My TeaBagger brother says the same damn thing about Greenpeace

He is also 100 percent convinced that Clinton's overflowing financial surplus was intentionally left to George AWOL Bush and his Republicon Cronies to deliberately temp them to squander America's wealth and flush our economy into the crapper. Thus, he reckons, our current Economic ShitStorm is all the fault of The Clenis.

You guys should get together and have a We're-on-the-same-page Party.

[TheKentuckian]

21. True, the fine progressives at the progressive Chamber of Commerce

and tried and true progressives such as the Koch brothers have no truck with Greenpeace.

[bluestate10]

11. Should help Obama, given that Greenpeace is an irrelevant, fucked up organization. nt

[Bandit]

23. Sort of like what Republicans do, instead of defending your Hero you attack

Progressive groups without any facts to back up a single thing you say...Defend Obama's stance on reucing environmental standards to less than we had under Bush*.. I dare you....

[defendandprotect]

13. Well deserved -- and great sorrow for the nation ... true of so much Obama's done ...!!

Like betrayal on universal health care which our nation and citizens so

desperately need!!

Disgusting!

[jefferson_dem]

15. Greenpeace...doing what they do.

Good for them.

[DCBob]

16. Hope they have some budget left to attack the RWingers who claim global warming is a fraud.

That is a much bigger problem than this specific decision. RW media has done a fabulous job of making the issue of global warming a "non-issue". Its too bad Greenpeace does not make that a higher priority in their ad choices.