Re: [Marxism] the liberal uproar over Warren

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Fred comments:
>In fact, the selection of Osteen or some other Evangelical with no history
>on the right would not have served Obama's purpose, which was not to
>publicly "declare war" on gays and abortion rights and so on (regardless of
>his intentions about either) but to reach out toward a section of what is
>known as the Christian Right which  has been shifting from this stance
>toward liberalism and the Democratic Party on some issues.

Sorry. I thought that reaching out to the Christian Right and 
attacking gays amounted to the same thing. I guess I misunderstood 
Proposition 8.

>Unless Louis is operating with an extremist conception that Obama is an
>ultrarightist or fascist, it is hard to see this as anything more than a job
>description for the position as imperialist president and commander in chief
>for which he applied.

Now, you know as well as I do that this is Walter Lippmann's patented 
explanation. He should sue you for intellectual property theft.



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