[lbo-talk] Obama picks Rahm Emanuel, free trade fanatic & welfare "reformer"

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Nov 5 16:37:58 PST 2008


On Nov 5, 2008, at 7:27 PM, shag wrote:


> As with Clinton, what they were terrified of was the fact that he
> stole their issues, like welfare reform. If Obama does the same
> thing, steals their hobby horses, they will hate him as much and more.

But what such issues are there? Welfare reform is a done deal (and I was pretty confused by Lenin's Tomb's reference to our welfare system, since we basically don't have one). The right is out of gas.



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