[lbo-talk] Barack Obama

[John Thornton]

Whether or not I know anyone in public life that is more or less liberal 
than Obama is immaterial. Obama came out in support of Bill Cosby's 
"personal responsibility" rant didn't he? That's not exactly an "extremely 
liberal" position to take. He supports raising the minimum wage to a 
whopping $6.50 and has not said he wants it indexed to inflation. He 
supports pursuing and killing our enemies overseas. All moderate stuff. I 
stand by my assertion that he is a mildly progressive moderate. I imagine 
he holds more progressive views than most of the Senate but that is placing 
the bar pretty fucking low.

John Thornton


>You know anyone more liberal in public life today?
>Actually he's been quite good here in Illinois. Carrol
>can bitch that he's not a commie, but there are no
>commies in the Illinois statehouse.  Or any public
>office that counts in America. He's also thoughtful,
>able, and has an amzing capacity to charm white racist
>downstate voters who never vored Democratic in their
>lives. If they don't kill him first, he has a
>possibility of being a serious contender for the
>Presidency. We should be so lucky that he would win.
>jks
>
>Sure, we're seriously fucked. Not only does Nixon look
>great, practically a socialist, and Johnson
>unattainably marvelous, but even Reagan is looking
>pretty good these days.
>
>--- John Thornton <jthorn65 at mchsi.com> wrote:
>
> > 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