Friday, September 19, 2008
La vérité au sujet de "l'organisation"
Last week, I said this about B. Hussein Obama:
Obama and his organizing colleagues in Chicago had one primary purpose: pressuring the government - federal, state, and local - to distribute largesse into the inner city.
I just got an e-mail from someone named "JeanWean1982" telling me that my characterization of Obama's community organizing days "is unfair" and "lacking in proof." 'Tis neither. To wit:
"[Obama] had a narrow range of solutions to offer South Siders that matches with the rigid adherence he has shown in office to liberal ideas. ...
"[T]he proposed solution to every problem on the South Side was a distribution of government funds, the effect of which is necessarily limited and temporary. In the long run, many of the most significant problems that plagued [South Chicago] -- family breakdown, dependency, unemployment, and yes, racism -- would require major changes in personal habits that activism could never bring about."
-- David Freddoso, The Case Against Barack Obama, pp. 146-47
Obama and his organizing colleagues in Chicago had one primary purpose: pressuring the government - federal, state, and local - to distribute largesse into the inner city.
I just got an e-mail from someone named "JeanWean1982" telling me that my characterization of Obama's community organizing days "is unfair" and "lacking in proof." 'Tis neither. To wit:
"[Obama] had a narrow range of solutions to offer South Siders that matches with the rigid adherence he has shown in office to liberal ideas. ...
"[T]he proposed solution to every problem on the South Side was a distribution of government funds, the effect of which is necessarily limited and temporary. In the long run, many of the most significant problems that plagued [South Chicago] -- family breakdown, dependency, unemployment, and yes, racism -- would require major changes in personal habits that activism could never bring about."
-- David Freddoso, The Case Against Barack Obama, pp. 146-47
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Friday, September 19, 2008 
