[Marxism] Henwood on Obama

[abu hartal <abuhartal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Given campaign, Obama is in no position to filibuster, so a no vote would have 
been symbolic, and it may not have been a good symbol to be on the losing side. 
But Obama committed himself to removing telecom immunity; McCain of course not. 
As president Obama will have the power to remove immunity esp. with Democratic 
Congressional pick ups, plus push the amendements to the Patriot Act that 
Clinton struck down. It would be silly not to vote for Obama. On death penalty 
he has always said that he supports it only for the most heinous crimes--serial 
murder and child rape. Given popular sentiment for capital punishment, it's not 
positively immoral to fight to limit it and to guarantee the accused better 
legal protection. Do remember that it was B.Clinton who fought to multiply the 
number of capital crimes (Hillary Clinton and McCain are for federal minimum 
sentencing requirements, and Obama is not for this racist policy, and he's for 
a radical narrowing of capital crimes). Of course his feet would have to be 
held to the fire by a rational left (especially over Jerusalem), but a people 
who can't even fight against a Bush third term for a mildly reformist one is 
not prepared to fight for anything bigger. Henwood should read Value Price and 
Profit, and don't forget who supports card checks. 
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