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Mr Sirota compares P-E Obama with FDR, who, he says, gave no hint of the New Deal before he took office. The difference in the political environment between 1933 and now is enormous. There are no significant Communist or Socialist parties now as then. People out of work do not number 25%, even with the lying statisitical methods of our government's reports. There is still a relatively well-off middle-class, though it is suffering attrition. In 1933, our nation was not at war; now it is, and the caché of CIC is formidable in our militaristic population.
Moreover, Senator Obama and candidate Obama have shown their words to be unreliable many times in the past. Every time he voted for funding the wars, instead of lining up with MCs like Murtha, Feingold, Kucinich and others, he misled those who expected him to behave like the Illinois state legislator who spoke against the war in 2002. His vote for FISA-revised, giving even more freedom for spying and immunizing federal and corporate felons from prosecution, was another strong signal of how little his word is worth.
P-E Obama is an ambitious politician, purely and simply. He will do whatever is expedient for him. Promises and principles will not stand in his way. For the next four years, we are in for it!
What will we learn from this? Probably nothing! This is not a country that learns from its mistakes. What should we learn? Our political system does not work to give us government by consent. We have rule by a ruling class, and they will not let go.
