The sheer hatred of an untried man's potential to be president coming from these so-called Pacifica lists is pure unadulterated racism. I'm ashamed of some of your behavior. Even someone as flawed has Hilary Clinton wouldn't get so much ire. Kevin White ----- Original Message ---- From: rasheedaas <rasheedaas@xxxxxxxxx> To: NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 7:13:54 AM Subject: [NewPacifica] Putting a Black Face on Empire from Black Agenda Report "Putting Black Faces on Imperial Policies" - /snip/ "African Americans will pay a special, historical price if a corporate-molded Black politician becomes the titular leader of an unreconstructed U.S. imperial state - and, make no mistake about it, Barack Obama is an imperialist. No one but a deep-fried imperialist could describe U.S. behavior in Iraq as "coddling" the Iraqis, as Obama said to an establishment foreign policy gathering in Chicago, late last year. His Iraq War De-escalation Act, carefully calibrated to make him appear slightly less belligerent than Hillary Clinton, allows the U.S. to wage war until March 31, 2008, at the very least, and to maintain a military presence in the country thereafter. It is a sham measure, more helpful in buying time for Bush than in encouraging effective dissent." /snip/ http://www.blackage ndareport. com/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=78&It\ emid=33 More examples of the writing from BAR: The Obama Bubble: Why Wall Street Needs a Presidential Brand by Pam Martens Despite Barack Obama's claim that his campaign represents a mass "movement" of "average folks," the initial core of his support was largely comprised Wednesday, 05 March 2008 Obama: What Blacks and Progressives Have Bought Into ... Blacks and so-called progressives have abandoned their obligation to demand anything from Barack Obama. Especially among African Americans, there is a refusal to even listen to Obama's ac... Wednesday, 05 March 2008 Obamarama: Is it a Movement? Or is it Marketing? And What Should We Be Doing? A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Bruce Dixon Is the Barack Obama campaign actually what it claims to be - the heir to and continuation of an historic and broad-ba Obama Resigns From Black Nation by BAR executive editor Glen Ford How far is Barack Obama willing to run from the very same Black nationalism that was fundamental to his victories in so many state Democratic primaries? Wednesday, 04 June 2008