[lbo-talk] Subprime Pritzker pure gold for Obama

[Carrol Cox]

shag wrote:
> 
>> 
> ferraro's is right in a kernel of truth kind of way: what's tipping it for
> teflobama is that he is black. specifically, a black man.
> 
> so? that should be a good thing, eh?
> 
> there should be nothing especially shameful about that -- unless you
> ultimately buy into a liberal view of race. and the folks i describe above
> like to think they don't.but they do == and thus refuse to cop to the idea
> that they are voting on the basis of race. they then have to twist
> themselves into pretzel shapes as to why there's a big difference between
> the two.

O.K. Now we have it pruned down to a judgment question on which there
can be honest (but not really debated) differences of opinion.

First, the premise: Both Clinton and Obama are war criminals and enemies
of the working class.  Either will head an evil administration which
will cause millions of deaths around the world in the medium not to
speak of the long (and perhaps even the short) run. That is a given. As
Michael Smith says, Jesus-they're De ocrats!

So the question:

Will a large vote for a Black Man (regardless of how he performs in
office) be a blow against racism? That is the case for Obama. It does
not depend on any conviction as to what kind of administration he will
head or what policies he will support. (Those policies will be
destructive: that, as I say, is a given.)

Or,  will a large vote for a woman (regardless of how she performs in
office) be a blow against sexism (without being a vote FOR racism)? That
is the case for Clinton. It does not depend on any conviction as to what
kind of administration she will head or what policies she will support.
(Those policies will be destructive: that, as I say, is a given.)

By focusing it this way leftists can express different positions as
Obama or Clinton fans without casting aspersions on motives. (Please
note: votes and or campaign activities of leftists will have no more
effect on the outcome than do the wishes of Chicago Cubs fans as
expressed in 7th-inning cheers. From a left perspective this is merely a
sporting contest, which they cannot affect.) Those who _really_ support
the Democratic Party of course are not leftists but liberals who will on
occasion ally themselves with left causes.

Carrol