Re: [Pen-l] Obama's speech [was: "Has Barack Obama's presidency already failed?"]

[Max Sawicky <maxbsawicky@xxxxxxxxx>]

No class.    No populism either (the many v. the few).  He was in the
bring us together/we are one people mode.

I keep going back to the funny fake obama web ad, during some worrying
days of the campaign, with the huge headline "Chill the fuck out, I
got this."  HE UNDERSTANDS (BOURGEOIS) POLITICS BETTER THAN WE DO.  I
think it will pay to remember that.




On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Max:
>> Obama did a speech on Lincoln last night in Springfield that was a
>> poem to the tradition of American collective action.
>
> did he mention the class dimension? Collective action by capitalists
> isn't especially pretty.
> --
> Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
> way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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