Obama

Mr Obama is coming out into a prominant place in the democratic side of the presidential campaign. I am not a partcularly interested in the bloody US politics as it sucks. But I have to make a comment here as I found a little bit of news which I think is important when you think of the whole world.

"Obama is not, however, the product of the civil rights struggles against racial oppression, nor is he associated with any popular movement from below. His career has far more in common with those of Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell, individuals selected and groomed by the American ruling class to carry out its policies. Like them, he is being used to put a new face on fundamentally reactionary policies and institutions."

And

"While the American people will cast ballots on November 4, the real decisions are made long before then, in the selection of candidates and framing of the election by the media and the corporate bosses and billionaires who finance and politically screen the candidates."

I wonder whether people in US realise this. Well even UK it looks like the same thing is happening; except I haven't any proof of it, as in written internet archives. Help appreciated if you know any articles of proof in your walk-arounds in the internet world.

Then

"The Times editorial says Obama “electrifies young voters ... because he embodies the desire to move to the next chapter of the American story.” It praises his early opposition to the war in Iraq, while noting approvingly his “understanding that some liberal orthodoxies developed during the last 40 years have been overtaken by history.” This last indicates that Obama has reassured the ruling elite that there will be no return to policies of liberal reform or expensive government social programs.

Then comes the meat of the argument: “An Obama presidency would present, as a distinctly American face, a man of African descent, born in the nation’s youngest state [Hawaii], with a childhood spent partly in Asia, among Muslims. No public relations campaign could do more than Obama’s mere presence in the White House to defuse anti-American passion around the world...”"

Mind this article is from "Socialist" side of politics.
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