[lit-ideas] Obama and the Left (or any other extreme you want)
- From: "Simon Ward" <sedward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:37:13 +0100
Obama's trail to the nomination has read like a jinking run in a game of rugby
(feel free to exchange that for American Football), a dummy to the left
followed up by a concerted push toward the middle.
Many on the left, initially hopeful that Obama would be the candidate they were
looking for, are now somewhat despondent that he's actually just one more sop
for the establishment. But that's exactly what's to be expected from someone
who's been part and parcel of the Democratic Party, the other half of the same
old same old.
Don't expect anything out of the ordinary when he becomes President, he'll
operate just inside a set of well-worn fences. But don't, while you're at it,
expect anything less than severe scare tactics from the Republican oppposition
who'd have you believe that Obama represents the SWP, Black Power, Radical
Feminism, Liberation Theology in fact any other extreme they can dream up.
Which of course is why Obama has to be seen to dispell every extreme view they
can dream up and in the process disappoint many on the left. Inevitably it
becomes a battle for the centre made more so by the fact that Bush and Co have
once more made a good portion of the ground on the right ... somewhat soiled.
Of far more interest is the possibility that Cindy Sheehan might challenge
'Vichy' Pelosi.
Incidentally, Palin's almost as amusing as her namesake. The difference is
Michael knows when he's being funny.
Simon Ward
Back for the spectacle
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