Re: [Marxism] Obama placates xenophobes

[chegitz guevara <absynthe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here in South Florida, there is a struggle around TPS for Haitians,
Temporary Protective Status. There was a relatively large
demonstration down here recently. The White House has called at least
one local NGO down here and asked them to back off the calls for TPS.

We'll be making TPS one of the issues at our May Day march and rally
in Miami this year.

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Gary MacLennan
<gary.maclennan1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> NYT:
>> Mr. Saenz would have been an ideal candidate to reaffirm values that
>> have been lost in the poisoned immigration debate, had Mr. Obama dared
>> to nominate him.
>>
>> My comment:
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>> This article has got it seriously wrong.  It is not at all a question of
>> courage,    To give him his due Obama never believed all that stuff about
>> 'change we can believe in' or the cant about 'yes we can'. The truth is that
>> Obama is not at all 'faint-hearted'.
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>> He has always known that he wouldn't change anything significant and he has
>> also always known that it was a case of 'no we cannot'.
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> It is not Obama that is faint hearted.  It is those of us who chose to
> believe.
>
> regards
>
> Gary
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