Probably another example of idealistic supporters of Obama that realize that he was not one of them. Sadly there are still many millions of Americans who mistakenly continue to believe this President was sincere in the things he said on the campaign trail:
Elijah Zarlin, who worked as a senior email writer at Obama campaign headquarters in 2008, was back in Chicago yesterday—in the First Precinct jail, following a peaceful sit-in in protest of the Keystone XL pipeline.
“It felt strange,” Zarlin said, “to be getting arrested in order to send a message to the President that he needs to make good on his commitment to fight climate change.”
Twenty-two people were detained in front of the Metcalfe Federal Building, where the State Department keeps an office. Protestors ranged in age from a high school student to a grandfather. Many wore t-shirts that read, “If Congress won’t act soon to protect future generations, I will,” a pledge on climate change that Obama made during this year’s State of the Union address.
But action has yet to materialize, and supporters are getting impatient. “The President has said over and over that he wants to do something big on climate,” said Andrew Nazdin, 24, who worked as a deputy training instructor for OFA in Virginia in 2012 and protested yesterday. “The President has a tremendous opportunity to reject this pipeline, since the decision sits with him. But we are going to need to continue to push him.”
