Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Bill and The Fight

Anglachel's Journal: "...Bill Clinton always talks about the powerful interests that try to keep us down. This is a child of the South, a man whose perceptions and convictions were forged in the middle of the battle against segregation. He was then, as he remains today, on the right side of the battle. When he talks about powerful interests, he is talking about the political and economic elites who purposefully set the poor, working and lower middle classes against each other over race in order to maintain their privilege. When the Big Dog advocates unity, it is to fight the divisions that keep people poor, disempowerd and vulnerable. He's talking about political unity to craft the policiy that will create and defend institutions that make people's lives materially better. This is unity for the sake of power..."

Actually being a former member of the poorer classes helps one see these problems. Something no one around Obama or the Precious himself has been able to do since, as far as I know, none of them actually passed through poverty.

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