[lbo-talk] Raimondo: Obama Endorsed by the War Party

Wojtek Sokolowski swsokolowski at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 23 06:39:56 PDT 2008


----- Original Message ---- From: ken hanly <northsunm at yahoo.com> To: lbo talk <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>; pen-l list <pen-l at sus.csuchico.edu> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 9:41:04 PM Subject: [lbo-talk] Raimondo: Obama Endorsed by the War Party

It seems that there is a choice between one warmonger or another warmonger or else a third party candidate.

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=13623

The War Party Embraces Obama Just remember: you've been warned… by Justin Raimondo

[WS:]  What planet did this guy come from?  I think that somebody should tell him that the US foreign policy discourse has been totally and absolutely dominated by the right wing framing characterized by the unconditional loyalty to the US imperial interests as defined by right wing jingoists, and that the great majority of the US population (three quarters or even more) is unable to think beyond that framing. 

Therefore, any candidate to a public office, especially the presidency, must either publicly embrace that framing and genuflect to the empire and its military or be labeled a traitor and lose the election.  The choice Obama faces is either to genuflect and have a chance of being elected, or to question the imperial frame and be reduced to a grandstanding clown with public support in single digits - as many lefties have been.

Wojtek



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