[Peace-discuss] Obama vs. McCain: Differences That Matter (Tom Hayden)

[C. G. Estabrook]

Hayden veers (not to say flip-flops) on BHO:

<http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/07/05/10134/>.

--CGE

C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> It would be good to read the two columns (not one) that Hayden is ostensibly
> replying to here.  (They appeared in the New Statesman, not the Economist.)
> 
> "In the great tradition, Obama is a hawk" (12 Jun 2008) 
> <http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=492>
> 
> "From Kennedy to Obama: Liberalism's last fling" (29 May 2008) 
> <http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=489>
> 
> Although I think it would be worthwhile to vote against McCain in states 
> where it might make a difference, it seems clear to me that Pilger has the
> better of this argument, not least in regard to the myth-making in which
> Hayden (who knows better, because he saw it at first hand) indulges in regard
> to Robert Kennedy.
> 
> --CGE
> 
> Joe Miller wrote:
>> Progressives for Obama
>> 
>> http://progressivesforobama.blogspot.com/2008/06/obama-vs-mccain-differences-that-matter.html
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Monday, June 16, 2008
>> 
>> Obama vs. McCain: Differences That Matter
>> 
>> [John Pilger's "Continuing the Tradition - Obama is a Hawk" was recently 
>> published in the British Economist and circulated widely. It opposed those
>> urging a vote for Obama.]
>> 
>> With All Respect, John Pilger Is Wrong
>> 
>> By Tom Hayden ...
>