26 July 2010
First Published in
martamossburg.com
Disillusioned Obama acolytes gather to plot a course independent of politicians
Copyright 2010 Marta H. Mossburg
They pronounced it a strategy conference for progressives. It felt more like a New Age wake for Hope, that undefined campaign promise of Barack Obama.
Rousing folk songs, “sacred hollers,” visualizations of world peace, deep breathing and laments for Obama’s lost potential infused the Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP) meeting in Washington last month.
The 400 or so mourners registered for the June 11-13 conference -- garbed in Birkenstocks with socks and look-a-like sandals, elastic waist pants and assorted t-shirts espousing no nukes and “Gaza Freedom March!” -- looked as if they had protested over the decades.
