On 1/4/10, CeJ <jann...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is one follow directed to CB. > > On the near moribund PEN-L
^^^^^ CB: Who told you ? A ghost ? ^^^^ you stated that Obama didn't criticize > Clinton much. Actually he did. ^^^^^ CB: Not when I was watching the campaign. He specifically talked about the last _eight_ years. He was running as a regular Democrat. Why would he criticize the previous Democrat ? ^^^^^^ He didn't really identify himself with > the Clinton presidency very much at all and even said Reagan was a > more important leader to his sense of politics. I think all that was > before he and Hilary and BIll started exchaning pot shots because H. > was losing. ^^^^^^^ CB: Even then , he didn't target Bill Clinton. He really didn't criticize Hillary Clinton that much. He didn't have to. Suddenly, he had a commanding lead. It was shocking. ^^^^^^^^ > > But I don't think you will find much difference between Obama and the > establishment guy who really gave him his biggest break--John Kerry. > And you saw very early on Kerry endorsing Obama, long before his > victory over H. was assured. > > The biggest difference between Obama and Kerry would have to be that > the largely inchoate populist independents didn't vote for Kerry but > they did vote for Obama. Perhaps the large African-American turnout > also helped (did more register and vote that for the usual imperialist > Democrat?). It was a similar such populist outpouring that got > Carter in. > > So far I find Obama to be most similar to Carter of all the presidents > so far, except in the Carter era the shame over the Vietnam war and > its unpopularity kept major expansion of US militarism in check, at > least in fiscal terms, until the last year of the Carter presidency. > > Obama has wholeheartedly embraced the Reagan > approach to the military and security apparatuses--give them more and > more until they ask for more and more then give them even more than > that. > > A fiscal reckoning is drawing near for the guy though. CB: I thought he was a deficit hawk (smile) > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
