[lbo-talk] Barack Obama

John Thornton jthorn65 at mchsi.com
Sun Nov 7 11:51:28 PST 2004


I have nothing against Obama but is he "extremely liberal"? If he is extremely liberal we are all seriously fucked. He is a mildly progressive moderate.

John Thornton


> If you find that sort of statement unsettling, you
> > Yhave to get out and meet people. Barak Obama is an
> > extremely liberal U of C constitutional law professor,
> > not a no-brow Texas fundamentalist. Like most of this
> > country, excluding people on this list, and especially
> > like most black people, he's also a believing
> > Christian. That doesn't mean that he's gonna go out
> > and smite the infidel in the name of the Lord. My
> > black friends say things to me like, Have a blessed
> > day, and they mean it, like Jesus should bless me. And
> > they know I'm a commie Jewish atheist. People here
> > have to learn to get out some. Find a Christian and
> > have her or him invite you to church services, it
> > would not hurt. Listen to people talk about their
> > faith (without arguing).
> >
> > jks



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