[lbo-talk] Spiegel interviews Sharpton

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Mar 22 08:14:23 PDT 2007


On Mar 22, 2007, at 10:56 AM, Dwayne Monroe wrote:


> Wojtek:
>
>
> This is precisely the reason I am inclined to vote for
> Obama. Had he been what Sharpton calls "our kind,"
> what I presume means "Black populist," I would
> definitely NOT vote for him and I would be in a
> significant majority for a change.
>
> ................
>
>
>
> What if by "our kind" Sharpton does NOT mean "Black
> populist" but 'candidate not supportive of unprovoked
> wars' or 'candidate who won't further dismantle useful
> government infrastructure.'

Yeah, I thought Woj's reaction was weird, since he was specifically rejecting a race-based vote in favor of a policy-based one. And policy-wise, Obama's no bargain.

Doug



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