Party Like It’s 1932: The Obama Option

[NorthCarolina]

Party Like It’s 1932: The Obama Option

By Norman Solomon

Seventy-six years ago, to many ears on the left, Franklin D. Roosevelt
sounded way too much like a centrist. True, he was eloquent, and he’d
generated enthusiasm in a Democratic base eager to evict Republicans from
the White House. But his campaign was moderate -- with policy proposals that
didn’t indicate he would try to take the country in bold new directions if
he won the presidency.

Yet FDR’s triumph in 1932 opened the door for progressives. After several
years of hitting the Hoover administration’s immovable walls, the organizing
capacities of labor and other downtrodden constituencies could have major
impacts on policy decisions in Washington.

Today, segments of the corporate media have teamed up with the Clinton
campaign to attack Barack Obama. Many of the rhetorical weapons used against
him in recent weeks -- from invocations of religious faith and guns to
flag-pin lapels -- may as well have been ripped from a Karl Rove playbook.
The key subtexts have included racial stereotyping and hostility to a
populist upsurge.

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[goclark]

1. Just heard John King on Air America

putting Barack down and Hillary up ~

He said "the questions were fair on ABC, maybe they should have arranged them in a different way."

Claims the questions were what the DEMOCRATS have been talking about throughout this election." :puke:

[NorthCarolina]

2. Maybe the Hillary segment of Democrats are talking about these type of questions

but the Democrats we know are all scratching their heads and wondering why they wasted a golden opportunity to talk about issues like the Iraq war, Health Care, the economy....things like that. The debate was obviously nothing more than a media hit job to anyone with at least half a functioning brain.

[goclark]

3. And all of ABC's buddies in the "MSM" are defending

ABC so they can get away with it next time.


We must stand up to this mess.

Fired Up and ready to go.