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To: John Vosilla who wrote (121264)9/20/2012 12:43:26 AM
From: Broken_Clock  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
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It ought, though, to be no surprise to see the elite come back home to Obama. As Glen Ford has rightly argued, Obama is not so much the lesser evil, but the “more effective evil.” That is, Obama has proven to be the best face for American capitalism—the most reliable curator for the interests of American capital. The articulate, black, charming, and ostensibly liberal Obama has demonstrated in four years to be the best man to lead the coming frontal assault on Social Security, Medicare, and public education. Just as Obama has proven over four years of indefinite detention and expanded drone warfare to be a most adept administrator of U.S. imperialism.

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and before you go off track again, Mr. Ford is anything but right wing(which this board, in supporting Obama, has become.