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

[C. G. Estabrook]

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 ...