[lbo-talk] Obama's betrayal of hope

dredmond at efn.org dredmond at efn.org
Wed Dec 2 14:59:30 PST 2009


On Wed, December 2, 2009 11:02 am, Chuck Grimes wrote:


> Adolph Reed labeled Obama a neoliberal. That could be also, but I
> decided there is less liberal about Obama than neoliberal implies. I think
> a lot of neoliberals probably find these wars unnecessary. On the other
> hand it is the neoconservatives who justify the wars and claim they are
> necessary components of the free market politics of empire.

It's all quite simple, really: Obama is America's Gorbachev, and Geithner is our Chubais.

-- DRR



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