tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post1249346027377875838..comments2024-03-29T09:14:53.583+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: White Supremacists and ObamaPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-37095926680560291682008-11-06T18:38:00.000+00:002008-11-06T18:38:00.000+00:00Well, that's interesting, in a cognitive dissonanc...Well, that's interesting, in a cognitive dissonance kind of way.<BR/>Says nothing about rank-and-file racist mo-fo's, who backed McCain to the hilt, though.<BR/><BR/>Black America was rightfully overjoyed to have one of their own finally elected President; It was indeed an historic moment. I also voted for an African-American candidate; Cynthia McKinney (Green Party).<BR/><BR/>The howls on the right of Obama's "socialism" are just comical. Whenever someone rightwing nutjob wails "beware, we are a Socialist country now!", I remark with incredulity "Brian Moore and Stewart Alexander WON?? Who knew??" (Socialist Party USA candidates).<BR/><BR/>McCarthyite red-baiting is back in vogue in the USA; No longer content with denigrating the word "Liberal", now everyone even slightly left of center-right is a "socialist", in the hive-mind of the U.S. Right wing.<BR/><BR/>Depending on who the Green party nominates in 2012, I may or may not vote for the Socialist Party USA's ticket then.<BR/><BR/>I wish Obama good luck, and America will have a slightly less sucky future than it would have under McCain. But abroad, just expect a change in imperial tactics, rather than a repudiation of imperialism. But everyone here already knows that.JJRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03373297787542059116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-39040822147874376692008-11-04T17:38:00.000+00:002008-11-04T17:38:00.000+00:00Racists in the US may have other reasons for votin...Racists in the US may have other reasons for voting for Obama. He is a centre-right bourgeois politician, and the fact he is Black does not change that anymore than the fact that Thatcher was a woman changed the fact that she was a right-wing bouregois politician.<BR/><BR/>It is Obama's bouregois politics which will mean that he can offer nothing for the vast majorityof Black Americans anymore than Thatcher could offer the vast majority of British women. Those politics will inevitably mean that those who expect some real improvement will be sorely dissapointed.<BR/><BR/>The racists and the Right will, of course, not point to the fact of Obamas bouregois politics as the cause of that failure, but simply the fact that he is Black.<BR/><BR/>See:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://boffyblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama-and-political-change.html" REL="nofollow">Obama and Political Cange</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-16597192428663108662008-11-03T22:33:00.000+00:002008-11-03T22:33:00.000+00:00Wind up or genuine ... it's difficult to tell wher...Wind up or genuine ... it's difficult to tell where the BNP are concerned!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-87117578552615783312008-11-03T17:57:00.000+00:002008-11-03T17:57:00.000+00:00Phil, looking at his profile it would appear he is...Phil, looking at his profile it would appear he is on a wind up.<BR/>Unfortunately, you fell for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-24042553173851571682008-11-03T15:15:00.000+00:002008-11-03T15:15:00.000+00:00I had to laugh looking at your profile, Mr Cope. A...I had to laugh looking at your profile, Mr Cope. As hard as the BNP tries to shed its bonehead image, it's fun to see knuckle draggers like yourself undo all its work. People like you are really to be pitied.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-60311279255624567982008-11-03T14:36:00.000+00:002008-11-03T14:36:00.000+00:00Oppose the BNP all you wan't you limp wristed libe...Oppose the BNP all you wan't you limp wristed liberal.<BR/>I predict we will sweep to power and you PC do gooding, red commie bastards will pay for your traitorous ways!!!!!Craig Pondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11209007646313862194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-15472963312487124382008-11-02T17:26:00.000+00:002008-11-02T17:26:00.000+00:00Thanks for this Phil, very enlightening!Thanks for this Phil, very enlightening!marshajanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07925339364332357164noreply@blogger.com