[Peace-discuss] Great link - check it out!

C. G. Estabrook galliher at uiuc.edu
Mon Nov 10 10:49:04 CST 2008


Actually, they had.  And so had Obama:

	Chicago Tribune, September 25, 2004
	"Obama would consider missile strikes on Iran"
	By David Mendell | Tribune staff reporter
	<www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0409250111sep25,0,3154602.story>

Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> It's from 2004. The Bush Admin hadn't started heavy duty sabre rattling 
> in Iran's direction. Watch the show, pretty interesting. We have an 
> impressive new president. Smart, witty, charming, smart, knowledgable, 
> and very decent (even tho' he's a politician). Fun to see Obama 4 years 
> ago at a book signing. Very informal. Very nice.
>  --Jenifer
> 
> --- On *Sun, 11/9/08, C. G. Estabrook /<galliher at uiuc.edu>/* wrote:
> 
>     From: C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu>
>     Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Great link - check it out!
>     To: jencart13 at yahoo.com
>     Cc: "Peace- Discuss" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
>     Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 10:09 PM
> 
>     Does he talk about his promise, during his campaign for the Senate, to attack
>     Iran, if they don't do what we tell them?  Does he say that his
>     "progressive politics" includes devotion to the interests of Wall
>     Street (for whom he lobbied the Congressional Black Caucus)?  Does he consider
>     whether the Afghans and Pakistanis whom he wants to kill at a greater rate than
>     Bush does, think he's "disagreeing without being disagreeable"? 
>     --CGE
> 
> 
>     Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
>     > Wow, what a long way we've come in four years!! Here's a link to
>     Barack Obama
>     > on C-Span2 on 11/23/04 discussing his book, */Dream from My Father/*, his
>     > election to the IL senate, progressive politics, his family and life, the
>     > unfortunate commercial success of negative news shows, and the importance
>     of
>     > disagreeing without being disagreeable. Classy show, super classy (and
>     super
>     > charming) guy.
>     http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/includes/templates/library/flash_popup.php?pID=184522-1&clipStart=&clipStop
>     > 
>     <http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/includes/templates/library/flash_popup.php?pID=184522-1&clipStart=&clipStop>=
>     >  --Jenifer



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