http://coloradopower.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/doug-henwoods-obama-reality-check/ Knowledge Brings Power Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:27:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://coloradopower.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/doug-henwoods-obama-reality-check/#comment-58 DOUG HENWOOD’S OBAMA REALITY CHECK | Politics in America Mon, 19 May 2008 16:31:01 +0000 http://coloradopower.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-58 [...] Sam Scott wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptDOUG HENWOOD, LEFT BUSINESS OBSERVER Obama is inspiring the young, lifting the alienated off their couches, and catalyzing a new movement for . . . change, presumably one we can believe in. The content of this change is hard to specify. Some serious leftists we know and love point to Obama’s roots as a community organizer in Chicago, though many people in a position to know say he didn’t rock many boats in those days. He was embraced by foundation liberals, however, who greased his way into the Harvard Law School via a lakefront condo. All of which doesn’t make Obama uniquely bad: he’s just another mainstream Democrat with a sleazy real estate guy in his past. Though he’s being touted as an early opponent of the Iraq war, he told the Chicago Tribune in 2004: ‘There’s not that much difference between my position and George Bush’s position . . . [...] [...] [...] Sam Scott wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptDOUG HENWOOD, LEFT BUSINESS OBSERVER Obama is inspiring the young, lifting the alienated off their couches, and catalyzing a new movement for . . . change, presumably one we can believe in. The content of this change is hard to specify. Some serious leftists we know and love point to Obama’s roots as a community organizer in Chicago, though many people in a position to know say he didn’t rock many boats in those days. He was embraced by foundation liberals, however, who greased his way into the Harvard Law School via a lakefront condo. All of which doesn’t make Obama uniquely bad: he’s just another mainstream Democrat with a sleazy real estate guy in his past. Though he’s being touted as an early opponent of the Iraq war, he told the Chicago Tribune in 2004: ‘There’s not that much difference between my position and George Bush’s position . . . [...] [...]

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