[lbo-talk] Obama defends capital punishment for child rape; Nation apologizes for him

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Jun 26 09:41:03 PDT 2008


On Jun 26, 2008, at 11:22 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


> Why does it suprise you?

I'm not at all surprised by his support of the death penalty in general. But to advocate death for child rape is an extreme position, to the right of the SC majority. It aligns him with Scalia and Thomas, fer chrissakes. He went out of his way to take the position.

Doug



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