[lbo-talk] Recommended Reading

[Miles Jackson]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Mar 18, 2008, at 11:53 AM, Max B. Sawicky quoted BHO:
>
>   
>> But the remarks that have caused this recent firestorm weren't simply
>> controversial. They weren't simply a religious leader's effort to  
>> speak
>> out against perceived injustice. Instead, they expressed a profoundly
>> distorted view of this country - a view that sees white racism as
>> endemic, and that elevates what is wrong with America above all  
>> that we
>> know is right with America; a view that sees the conflicts in the  
>> Middle
>> East as rooted primarily in the actions of stalwart allies like  
>> Israel,
>> instead of emanating from the perverse and hateful ideologies of  
>> radical
>> Islam.
>>     
>
> Wow. That's a beaut.
>
> Doug
>   
Now, be fair Doug--you highlighted the worst line in the speech.  A lot 
of it didn't suck.

Miles