Red-Boating Obama

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• Reader Comments (6)

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  Folks interested in reading about what Obama had to say at the University of Chicago form should go to:

  http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng45.html#anchor1078705

  be well,
  bob roman

  Posted by robertmroman on Mar 11, 2008 at 6:28 AM

  The mind of Norquist merely hints at what we can expect from the loathsome liturgy of right-wing rituals of empowerment. We look forward, Joel, to your keeping close tabs on the GOP mendacity machine as it exploits the telling ignorance of electors’ inattentiveness and reactionary tendencies. As I repeatedly inform the brighter lights of my children’s generation whom I occasionally have the good fortune to meet and engage, I’d thought, as a young mainstream journalist 40 years ago, that Nixon’s gang would be the worst ever I’d see in control of the presidency. However, the current cretins ( the word is derived form the Latin for christians) make Haldemann, Hoover, MItchell, Tricky and Doktor K seems innocuous by comparison. We socialists now have only Sen. Obama to look to for resurrection of the presidency as a viably democratic executor of what ought to be the people’s will, but would more correctly be termed, owing to contemporary stupefactions, the people’s swill. Thank you for the clever coinage. I’ll henceforth refer to Red-Boating, hoping others will understand its reference, which might be asking for far too much from far too many Americans at the moment. Will the Illinois Senator ever dare mention Mr. Debs? Dare he consult with Professor Zinn? Or will he shrink from labor’s defense as Tony Blair teaches at Yale, lamely dispelling William Buckley’s mantras?

  Posted by Bud Wizer on Mar 12, 2008 at 10:08 AM

  Britain an outpost of social democratic radicalism?

  That’s what we thought, too.  Eleven long years ago.

  Posted by Dolphin on Mar 16, 2008 at 7:58 AM

  Wait.  You’re saying that Barack Hussein O’Bama (Happy St Pat’s Day, Chicago), an African-American candidate for the presidency, can now be credibly connected to the Democratic Socialists of America (good organization, by the way, I’ve still got an expired membership card somewhere in my wallet), in addition to his association with Jeremiah Wright (with whose “radical” rhetoric I completely agree), and yet you seem to expect him to win the nomination and defeat John McCain in the general election?  You are either completely insane, or naively deluded, or suffer from a political death wish.  The Republicans, I can assure you, are salivating at the prospect of running McCain against him.

  Clinton is the only viable candidate for the office.

  Posted by Major Major on Mar 16, 2008 at 9:34 PM

  On second thought, maybe the Democrats don’t have a death wish after all.  Maybe they’d rather have the Republicans muck out their own stables.  But if that’s true, then it’s a dangerous game they’re playing, because whatever happens the Republicans will always blame the liberals for the catastrophic consequences the conservatives create, with the right wing extremists calling for a revolution from above (fascism and warfare) while the left wing extremists invoke the necessity of inciting a revolution from below (communism and civil war).

  Posted by Major Major on Mar 17, 2008 at 3:57 PM

  This is what you refer to as investigative reporting? Where is the investigation part?
  Your have not done your home work and your have completely lied to the readers of this article through the use of omission tactics.

  Investigative Truth: Socialism is marxism and its communism in a different wrapper.
  Investigative Truth: Socialism is a continuation of the 45 takeover goals defined by the communist party and read into congressional history on 10 Jan 1963 by A.S. Herlong Jr, a House Representative from Florida

  Investigative Truth: Bernie Sanders, now part of the Senate, spent many years in the House of Representatives setting up members to be members of Democratic Socialists of America .  He setup the progressive caucus, which is membered by many of the Democrats in the House including Nancy Peloci (who had her name removed when she became speaker to avoid flack on her trek to the white house)

  Investigative Truth: Bernie Sanders is now part of the Senate, doing the same work there that he did in the house of representatives (setting up Democratic socialism)

  Obvious truth: The only ingredient missing in this mastery of deception and conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States, is a president that will sign the socialist (communist) bills into law, thereby making the constitution null and void. or completely eliminating it

  Investigative Truth: Enter Barack Obama, Groomed in Chicago by the same lot that produced Bernie, the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America.  and the church that Obama attended for many years Trinity United Church of Christ.  The church teaches Black Theology of Liberation, a theology that was invented by Dr James Cone.  The theology is based on Liberation Theology which was invented by Gustavo Gutierrez of Peru. Liberation theology is the marrying of Marxism and religion (any religion will do Gustavo used Catholicism).  The idea is to create civil unrest in order to bring about Marxist change or Socialism (Communism). Dr James Cone added a Malcolm X twist to Black theology of liberation (completely destroy white society in America).

  Investigative Truth: Barack Obama is a supporter of Bernie Sanders

  Investigative Truth: Cuba, Iran, Russia are Socialists States

  Summary of facts:
  1) The House of representatives is controlled by Democrats that are members of the Progressive Caucus, which is an arm of the Democratic Socialists of America
  2) The Senate is controlled by Democrats (unknown how many are actually Democratic Socialists), including Berine Sanders, known to be a Democratic Socialist and organizer of Democratic Socialists in the House of Representatives.
  3) The presidential candidate Barack Obama is a supporter and friend of Bernie Sanders (known Democratic Socialists) Barack has ties to the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America
  4) If Obama is voted president of the United States, you now have a complete realm of supporters of Democratic Socialism, in the House, Senate, and Presidency, who can use their power to change the country from a Federal Republic to a Socialist (communist) Democracy thereby completing the 45 declared goals of the communist takeover, read into historical record on 10 Dec 1963.

  Posted by Bobby k on Jun 13, 2008 at 2:04 AM

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