It just goes on and on and on, but we and the poor of the earth will survive it.

Ninety percent of us(AAs)weren’t voting for this guy because despite the majority’s inability to concieve of it, we are a people of conviction and integrity.

There’s no difference between this guy and George Bush and we voted against Bush by (90%.

This “all blacks for obama thing” is just a media blitz to condition people to expect a certain outcome just like the Bush and Al gore “tie” thing.

What are the odds against tens of millions of votes winding up in a tie?

Like Powell, Rice, Thomas, Mcgee, and all the others, Obama is just going to be a front to hide behind as they go about the business of attacking and re–enslaving the black world.

On a similar note,
It’s easy for Dems to do the fantasy regarding Obama not meaning what he says, because they can point to the lesser evil argument– but as much as they want other US Americans to buy it, how do they expect Iranians, Palestinians and Pakistanis to think that he doesn’t really mean it?

Are we really supposed to just put aside all the statements of a candidate (because the candidate rarely says anything concrete progressive and is starting to build up a long list of very non-progressive statements), and instead vote for a fantasy candidate that we make up in our own minds? Lets just pretend Obama’s going to be exactly what our imaginary fantasy candidate would be, and vote for him for that reason.

That tops ‘vote for George W. Bush because you’d like to drink a beer with him’ in being so incredibly stupid.

Face it, the Democrats have a major problem. They’ve tied their money to the rich and powerful, so all their actions have to keep them happy. But, they have to convince the voters that they are the alternative to the other party of the rich and powerful so people will vote for them.

This is getting harder and harder for the Democrats. Especially with the record of the 2007-8 Congress that’s done nothing to roll back anything Bush has done, and in fact has done nothing to really even slow down or stop Bush from doing anything. This clear record that voting Democrat doesn’t really change anything is the biggest political problem the Democrats face.

So, they come up with this ‘vote for Obama because he’s the fantasy candidate you’ve made up in your mind’ bit is truly amazing. And its amazing that so many seem to have fallen for it.

J. Modere

You know, I agree that there is a place for a real critique of Obama. I think John Pilger article provide an excellent critique and caution regarding Obama’s campaign and Liberalism in general. However I think that Glen Ford’s sectarianism has driven him to analysis that is WAY over the top to such a degree that it renders his analysis useless.

Obama has framed Rev. Wright’s critique of race and racism as anachronistic. Clearly the danger with that framing is that any complaint about racism (white supremacy) can be rhetorically dismissed as “disunity” or “ancient history”. However that will be hard to do when you stilll have such recent events like the Shawn Bell assassination. And movements against racism and discrimination will not end because Obama is POTUS and is likely to intensify. But this notion that people are going to be imprisoned is plan scare tactics.

Ford has been extremely hypercritical of Obama African American supporters without any comparative analysis of the Clinton campaign who BTW has much greater AfAm support until the South Carolina primaries where she played the race card. Much of Obama AfAm support has been a reaction to the Clinton’s racist tactics. I agree with Ford that there should be more substantive reasons for supporting Obama but eliminating this context of the Clintons is extremely biased and unfair. In fact Adolph Reed in his critique of Obama argues that Clinton would be the better choice!

Rational and accurate analysis is needed so that people can be properly informed. As mention, I think that John Pilger provide such a rational critique.

Your criticism of Obama is overblown, man!

I believe you know that in this country, you can’t be able to climb the
ladder of Power, unless you are in bed with the ruling elite of this
country!

So, please, give a Obama a chance, and stop demonizing him in,
ruining his chance of becoming a President of the USA.

Save your energies and speak out, when he is a President!

The only thing we can hope is that once he is a President, he may be
able to convice or rebel from his imperialist handlers, just like John
Kennedy did!

The question you may ask yourself is: If not Obama, who else? Hillary
is even worse!

Do you know why I support Obama? Because his politcal platform agenda recognizes the needs of empowering the masses to change their government and the fact that he is talking about unifying all americans for the common good needs to be applauded!

Don’t you understand that with his message of unity, he may be able to
confront Imperialism’s “Divide and Conquer Ideology” which is the
source of racism in the USA and misery and and genocides in the world?

If you had any common sense, you would have understood that your idea and hope of a new American revolution can’t happen in the USA, as long as the Ruling elite own the news media!

Even Venezualans voted against their own self interests, the Bolivarian Revolution, recently even if they have a President who is for it, and you think many of these brainwashed USAers can go for it?

The only thing which can change this country is to hope for someone with a humbe background such as Obama become a President and he can persuade the elite to do the right thing for the USA citizen, otherwise, there is not a way out, Mr Ford!

The Ruling elite can’t give up their power easily, because the system of capitalism which sustains them can’t allow it. Capitalism will always be concerned about profits instead of human needs. They would rather be annihilated instead of giving up power, and in any case if that happens, we, the people, would have to be slaughtered in the process, too!

I truly hope in the future, you stop your diatribes against Obama! Ok?