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• • 26 May 08
  • 12:24 pm

  The people will end the war through their "theatrics" on the streets, their spokespeople, their disorganized movement, their writing and persuasion, and their votes. Their efforts will contribute to the legacy of the world-wide on-going anti-war movement. The elitist critics standing on the sidelines mouthing their disparaging critiques will be long-forgotten.

  Posted to Why Democrats Won’t Stop the War

• • 25 May 08
  • 2:26 pm

  Obama recently made some encouraging remarks about what he means by "change" (finally!). These included reforming the tax code, but I think it was mostly a matter of reversing Republican tax policies. This is certainly no economic transformation. As you say, he has made it known that his foreign policy would be that of previous centrist Presidents rather than that of George W. Bush. He has also mentioned Kennedy and Reagan in this regard. What is amazing is that his most ardent supporters refuse to hear what he says. They believe that he is the progressive candidate, which seems to be …

  Posted to McGovern, Obama, and 'transformative' change

• • 23 Apr 08
  • 1:10 am

  If one wing makes the mistake of viewing Obama as irrelevant, perhaps the other wing makes the mistake of viewing him as anything other than another centrist Presidential candidate, although possibly a better one than we have sometimes had.

  Posted to A Tale of Two Conferences