On Nov 7, 2008, at 5:50 PM, Sandwichman wrote:
There was a similar moment a century and a half ago, in the year
1860, when Abraham Lincoln was elected president. Lincoln had been
criticized harshly by the abolitionists, the anti-slavery movement,
for his failure to take a clear, bold stand against slavery, for
acting as a shrewd politician rather than a moral force. But when he
was elected, the abolitionist leader Wendell Phillips, who had been an
angry critic of Lincoln's cautiousness, recognized the possibility in
his election.
I think Nader expressed this issue succinctly on election night on Fox
News when he said, "Obama has a very tough decision to make -- he must
decide whether he will be Uncle Sam to the people or Uncle Tom to the
corporations." The Fox guy suddenly got religion, blew up and
wouldn't let Nader give the historical meaning of Uncle Tom.
Here's a link to the video clip of Nader
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=24&entry_id=32372
Dan
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