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The critique of Obama that caused a schism in AWARE five years ago
relied in part on Street's work, especially his analysis of Audacity
of Hope. <br>
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Hodge puts that critique in the context of "the long right turn of
he Democratic party" (the reason, e.g., Tom Frank's <i>What the
Matter with Kansas</i> is misperceived).<br>
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On 10/17/10 4:46 PM, Morton K. Brussel wrote:
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cite="mid:28E7F134-1230-44FE-B2F6-668CF37C47F3@illinois.edu"
type="cite">Why ignore Paul Street's books and commentary, he who
has been pointing out the phony character of Obama for some time.
Hodge, in other words, is not unique in his analysis of Obama.
--mkb
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<div>On Oct 17, 2010, at 12:57 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:</div>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> [Hodge, a former
editor at Harper's, has got it right - what some of us in
AWARE have been saying since Obama's visit to C-U five
years ago. He even uses the title we've employed on
occasion. “Hodge skillfully draws the veil from Obama’s
allegedly reformist agenda to expose the reality of the
programs to ensure that no major stakeholder in his
coalition of corporate backers will suffer significant
losses, and will even enjoy spectacular gains — the
perfection of the long right turn of the Democratic Party
since the 1970s, as financialization of the economy led to
shedding New Deal commitments so as to compete with the
Republicans for corporate patronage. He calls for a
revitalization of the founding tradition of civil virtue
and republican values of liberty, a message that should be
taken to heart if we are to reverse the drift toward an
ugly future.” --CGE]<br>
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<i><b>The Mendacity of Hope: Barack Obama and the Betrayal
of American Liberalism<br>
</b></i>by Roger D. Hodge<br>
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This is what I’ve been waiting for—a profound and
hard-hitting critique of the Obama administration from the
left! The Mendacity of Hope should help wake up all those
Obama voters who’ve been napping while the wars escalate,
the recession deepens, and the environment goes straight
to hell.”<br>
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—Barbara Ehrenreich<br>
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“Ready to wake up from the Obama dream yet? If so, this
thrillingly scathing and relentlessly truthful cri de
coeur is your strong cup of coffee. Hodge skewers the
sloppy intellectual culture that willed this political
chimera into being, while expertly unmasking the corporate
machine that is the real Brand Obama. Drink up.”<br>
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—Naomi Klein<br>
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“An eloquently sober indictment of the corruption which
impels the self aggrandizement of our executive branch,
much to the bane of our Constitution. A frightening book
whose conclusions ought to haunt every American.”<br>
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—William T. Vollmann<br>
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“Roger Hodge has written a desperately needed exposé of
how Barack Obama is not the messiah of liberalism but its
designated gravedigger—he is one of the all too few voices
on the progressive side who dares to tell the truth about
the corporate masters this administration actually serves,
and the dire effect of that allegiance upon what is left
of our Republic. This is a blazing indictment of corporate
collusion and a bracing injection of hard truths.”<br>
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—Naomi Wolf<br>
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“Hodge skillfully draws the veil from Obama’s allegedly
‘reformist agenda’ to expose the reality of the programs
‘to ensure that no major stakeholder in his coalition of
corporate backers will suffer significant losses,’ and
will even enjoy spectacular gains—the ‘perfection of the
long right turn’ of the Democratic Party since the 1970s,
as financialization of the economy led to shedding New
Deal commitments so as ‘to compete with the Republicans
for corporate patronage.’ He calls for a revitalization of
the founding tradition of civil virtue and republican
values of liberty, a message that should be taken to heart
if we are to reverse the drift toward an ugly future.”<br>
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—Noam Chomsky<br>
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