It has been awhile since I've visited the subject of Barack Obama. Now that he's surprised the Clinton camp with his strong showing in Iowa, in fact leading Hillary in polls there, it's time again to take the measure of this man. Many among the Democratic Party faithful cling to the belief that Obama represents the best ideals of their party and is in genuine opposition to the plutocratic Team Bush agenda (itself a mere continuation of policies initiated by Nixon, enhanced by Reagan, and supported by every Democratic administration that followed). Once again the ever relevant Paul Street deconstructs this fantasy in his latest essay, “
Obama Speaks”.
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Another nice article, Coldie.
I particularly like the line "one doesn’t have to be a Marxist or left-anarchist to be revolted by such class-accommodationist silliness." Unfortunately most voters do not look close enough at the issues.
This morning's Tribune says Illinois voters in the Democratic primary prefer Obama 2 to 1 over Hillary. I guess that shows that Illinois Democrats have no clue if have these two come out first and second in the polls.
That's exactly right and the fact that the public remains clueless about Barack and Hillary's actual stances on the issues can be squarely placed in the lap of the domesticated mainstream media.
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