Re: [Marxism] Thomas Frank on the latest Obama flap

[Eli Stephens <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Will wonders never cease! A while ago, we discovered that Toothless Critic has 
the unique ability to determine who in the United States really qualifies as 
"black," and who just has a darker skin tone. Today, we discover that TC has 
the 
ability to read minds!

After I wrote, "The real problem [is] that [Obama], like every politician 
clinging to capitalism, isn't capable of identifying the real problem and the 
real solution," TC writes:

"He identifies the problems well enough in his own mind...He cannot articulate 
publicly what he identifies."

Sadly, this is one of the oldest traps of liberalism in the United States. 
"Barack Obama (or Hillary Clinton or Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter or whatever 
Democratic 'savior' of the moment is going to save us from the evil 
Republicans) 
really thinks like me, is really far more liberal (or 'left') than they're 
saying, they just can't say so publicly because then they won't get elected." 
And just as sadly, time after time, history proves the OPPOSITE is true; the 
"closet liberal" candidate turns out to be far more to the RIGHT than he or she 
was letting on, not more to the left.


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