[Peace-discuss] Comments on Obama

[C. G. Estabrook]

I'm glad you thought it powerful and compelling, Mort.  

So far, I have received no responses with, as you say,
contrary opinions.  

Regards, Carl


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>Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:44:22 -0500
>From: "Morton K. Brussel" <brussel4 at insightbb.com>  
>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Comments on Obama  
>To: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu>
>Cc: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>
>   Thanks for your powerful and compelling piece in
>   Counterpunch, Carl. I was not present during the
>   AWARE "conversation" on the rights and wrongs of
>   leafletting Obama, so I can't judge that, but it
>   does occur to me that a possible reason, among
>   others(?), for resistance to attacking Obama
>   directly for his positions on the occupation and war
>   is that our "black critic" has in the past had good
>   relations to many in AWARE, and on a personal level
>   alone some would feel uncomfortable in going against
>   her. Tactics often involve compromise they would
>   think. I have no idea as to how typical are her
>   views in the black community. From your letters
>   (Were there others of contrary opinions?) it would
>   seem that many, perhaps most, Afro-Americans are
>   incensed that Obama would use his blackness to
>   subvert what they in fact feel about/against the
>   war/occupation/civil rights/torture. They seem to
>   have felt that about Powell, Rice and Thomas...