I just got off the phone with Jeff, an old friend from college who
described himself as disgusted with Obama’s interview with Keith
Olbermann on the MSNBC Countdown show. He described Obama’s performance
as smacking of just the kind of superiority and condescension that the
Republicans were trying to cynically exploit-turning the contest into a
referendum on “who you would want to drink beer with”, just as was the
case in the 2004 election.
I should add that my friend is a longtime Nation Magazine subscriber who
plans to vote for Obama. His views were shared by Richard, another
friend of ours from college, who posted the following comment underneath
one of my blog postings on Obama:
>>C’mon now, who cares what Obama does or says between now and
November, IF HE GETS ELECTED! He’s not the “lesser” in this race.
Consider, for example, the Supreme Court. The Next President will
probably name 3 or 4 Justices. Do I have to ask? What about the
thousands of federal office holders, throughout all the federal
regulatory agencies? Can you really believe Obama will appoint the same
people McCain will? American elections are all about WINNING. We don’t
have a Parliamentary system. It’s WINNER TAKE ALL in the USA. The choice
is Obama or McCain. Is that really hard to make?<<
Not only did Richard share Jeff’s take on Obama, so did Jeff’s friend
Iris who actually went out to Ohio as an Obama volunteer. I would
describe the mood of all three, from what Jeff told me, as one of
despair over Obama’s unwillingness to take the fight to the Republicans.
full: http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/obama-disappoints/
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