[Marxism] Long for the Bush days

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

(posted to LBO-Talk by Doug)

I posted a vague memory of this the other day. Jonathan Schwarz tracked 
down the details (thanks!).

Doug

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<http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/archives/002783.html>

How Did Reality Get On My TV?

This week Keith Olbermann had on former National Security Council 
staffer Hillary Mann Leverett. In a deeply shocking maneuver, she told 
the truth about the US, the mideast, and the incoming Obama administration:

<blockquote> OLBERMANN: The other thing that will change, if not on the 
20th then shortly thereafter, is the identify of the secretary of state. 
And here is Hillary Clinton coming in to the middle of this with a last 
name certainly that is, to some degree, magical, influential at least in 
the Middle East. How is her appointment going to shape Obama`s efforts 
for Middle East peace? And how will it be received by both sides in the 
Middle East?

LEVERETT: Her name is magical and influential to an extent in Israel. 
But throughout many capitals in the Arab world, where I served at the US 
embassy in Cairo and in the Gulf, there is a lot more skepticism that 
she is going to be even handed. There is considerable fear about the 
advisers that she is going to bring with her, people like Martin Indyk 
or Dennis Ross, Ken Pollack, people that I would call neo- conservative 
fellow travelers, people who brought us a failed peace process between 
the Israelis and Palestinians by the end of the Clinton term in 2000, 
people who cheered and championed the invasion of Iraq under this 
administration.

There is a lot of fear and consternation that the advisers, in 
particular, that Hillary Clinton is bringing with her are going to make 
us long for the Bush days. </blockquote>

Here's the complete video of the segment, plus the full transcript below 
the fold. The above exchange is right at the end.

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