"Obama is not an anti-war candidate"

[Bluebear]

by Paul Street

After having repeatedly demonstrated Obama’s mendacious war-mongering, I hereby order Obamanist “progressives” to repeat after me: “Obama is NOT an anti-war candidate...Obama is NOT an antiwar candidate…Obama is NOT...(continue until re-programmed). Again, I’m not going to replicates here arguments I’ve made many times by now (not that rational debate has the slightest influence on the countless privileged white Obama cultists I’ve talked to in recent weeks). For overwhelming evidence in support of the elementary observation that Obama is an imperial war Democrat, see one of the articles listed above (Street, “Establishment Politics in ‘Rebel’s Clothing’”) or either of the following:

“What Would Obama Have Done? Voted for the War and Lied About It – Just Like Hillary,” Black Agenda Report (November 1, 2007), read online at http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00036.htm

“Running Dog Obama,” ZNet (July 29, 2007), available online at http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=13396

It’s all there.

http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=14612§ionID=90

[Zueda]

1. He's the only anti-war of the top 3 candidates.

On edit: ANTI-IRAQ WAR

[NYCGirl]

2. But he posted that in all caps — it HAS to be true!

;-)

[Bluebear]

3. I copied the original headline from the link provided. here I will change it for you.

There you are. Better? :eyes:

[ruggerson]

11. Why do you hate Obamerica?

n/t

[Bluebear]

22. :)

[UrbScotty]

4. It looks like somebody needs to get a grip

Seriously, this is pure political noise. Give me break.

[babylonsister]

5. Mendacious warmongering? This is a joke, right? nt

[journalist3072]

6. Agree totally. If Obama were truly the anti-war candidate, he's stop funding the war

Yet, he consistently votes to fund the war he claims he's so against.

[LordJFT]

15. he only votes to fund it when there's a withdrawal timetable attached

And yes I know your boy Kucinich votes against any funding measure whatsoever, but just because Obama wants a responsible transferral of power in order to prevent anarchy and genocide doesn't make him any less anti-war.

[journalist3072]

18. Uh...just for the record, I support Sen. Clinton, not Rep. Kucinich

So why you called him my boy is beyond me.

[LordJFT]

21. well then hillary's voting to fund the war too so i don't see what your point is

[kas125]

24. Oh, please, please explain this statement -

I'd love to hear who it is that you think DOES want an "irresponsible" transfer of power which produces anarchy and genocide, cuz if it's Kucinich you're thinking of, you are absolutely wrong. He's the only one with a real plan to end the war.

[Joe the Revelator]

7. "White Obama Cultists"

What does that even mean? What is he trying to imply?

[madrchsod]

10. white people are racists so they

cleanse their racism by backing a black man or don`t feel threatened because obama is half black...actually who gives a fuck what paul says,he just another guy with an opinion

[PurityOfEssence]

17. Really? Every last one of us?

Are we the only ones with this problem, or are any other races with this particular evil?

Do tell.

[Bluebear]

20. "white people are racists" - - - wow. nt

[peace13]

8. Pick the anti-war candidate from the following...

Obama, Clinton, Edwards. Oh that's right none of them are anti-war. Go figure. Peace, Kim

[madrchsod]

9. "Running Dog Obama"?

"running dog" can be applied to any of the top candidates. paul is one angry guy

[Yuugal]

12. wha wha whaaaat?

"Or that Obama used his considerable political and campaign finance muscle to back centrist Democrats against antiwar progressives in numerous Congressional primaries in 2006 (he even supported the neoconservative Joe Lieberman - his self-chosen Senate mentor - against the antiwar insurgent Ned Lamont in Connecticut)"

Centrist Dems huh? Let me guess, they vote republican most of the time?

[Jim Sagle]

13. ZNet is wack. Obama's the closest to a consistently anti-war candidate as you'll get among the

top 3.

[Bluebear]

25. Znet is "wack" now? Who are we allowed to read anymnore?

[Jim Sagle]

28. Anything you want. That's the beauty of DU.

You can read what you want, and I can comment as I see fit.

[kas125]

14. We only have one anti-war candidate.

and it sure isn't Obama.

[DrFunkenstein]

26. Weird How He Is Throwing His Support For Obama, Huh?

n/t

[antiimperialist]

16. K & R nt

[AtomicKitten]

19. No, he's the anti-dumb-war candidate.

[DemKR]

23. K&R

[sniffa]

27. Live Blogging From Iowa

[Czolgosz]

29. interesting