Ralph Dumain The comparison is rather dubious, and insulting. If Obama were a truth-teller, he would not have made it to this point. He plays straight to the middle of the road, trying to please everyone. And how do you know Obama is risking his life? You think the secret service will punk out on him?
^^^ CB: Hey, I am a fan of MLKing, a follower even, but for a moment think of him as not a saint, but as radical activist, with some faults. He may have been more radical than Obama, but Obama is still making King like ideals central to his campaign. He's even being critcized for being to, well, sort of religious. Consider how religious MLKing was. More religious than Obama. I'm not knocking religion , but there is an atheist point of review respected here. So, if we just think of both of them as human for a moment, isn't it less outrageous to compare O with K ? Just a cut above average, leaders among equals. Unfortunately, and I don't like to talk about it, but I do worry about you know what. Why do Black people have nightmares ? Cause the last Negro who had a dream got you know what. ^^^^ The test of the American soul is not a clean test, for there are a number of reasons white and other Americans have their doubts about Obama. The Jeremiah Wright flap indeed re-blackified Obama for the time being. Hard to tell the long-term ramifications. Of course, there remains a racial double standard. A large number of whites are perfectly willing to accept a black person in a position of authority if he is ten times as competent, deferential, and non-demanding. This will obviously affect the acceptance factor. However, Obama's platitudinous campaign may underimpress long time white Democrats who are wondering why the ghost of FDR or maybe Hubert Humphrey for lack of anything better has not yet been resurrected. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
