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David Thorstad wrote: > > http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn05212010.html > ------------------ > If the subject line was an in-joke, I missed the humor. Almost the whole > article is a critique of Obama and U.S. policy. Only the first > paragraphs dealt with Rand Paul. And what's wrong with attacking him? > Cockburn was actually at least as harsh on the liberals. America is > going down the toilet, and people like Paul and his dad reflect it. As > does Obama. Even Cockburn's criticism of Bernie Sanders as a "sell-out" > was right on and refreshing, considering most on the left seem to be > giving him a pass. I regret to say that he is the only politician I ever > donated (a small amount of) money to when he first ran for Congress, > because I thought even a social democrat would be better than the rest > of the creeps. I am not sure if you are a long-time reader of Counterpunch, but Cockburn has an orientation to the Tea Party, libertarians and the old-line conservative movement that gets its inspiration from Robert Taft "American First" type isolationism. I think that MSNBC is pretty awful but why go with the Rand Pauls of the world? ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
