[lbo-talk] Ralph: Obama an Uncle Tom

John Thornton jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net
Thu Nov 6 15:51:53 PST 2008


Jordan Hayes wrote:
> John Thornton says:
>
>> Uncle Tom = House Ni**er. It's that simple.
>
> Sure.
>
>> His meaning was clear.
>
> Well, it seems a lot of people missed his meaning, starting (but not
> stopping) with the guy on Fox News. If you get my meaning.
>
> To wit:
>
>> Obama is the house ni**er of the corporations.
>
> Er, no. Listen to it again.
>
> /jordan

To ask whether Obama will be be either Uncle Sam for the people or Uncle Tom to the corporations and then follow that up excoriating Obama for cozying up to corporations and calling him a corporate toady is to answer his own question. The question was not a genuine inquiry and Ralph let it be known which one, Uncle Sam or Uncle Tom, that he felt Obama was. I take you you did not believe the question was answered quite plainly in the rest of Naders diatribe? If I listen to it again (or read the transcript) what exactly would you have me look for that might convince me his question was a genuine inquiry? I'm open to the idea that I have misinterpreted him.

John Thornton



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