[Peace-discuss] [OccupyCU] Mendacity of hope

[C. G. Estabrook]

One can hardly blame people for being deceived, David, and I'm not.

The task is to end the deception by telling the truth.

And I've been saying for years that Obama is a liar:

<http://www.counterpunch.org/2005/09/29/illinois-anti-warriors-and-the-attractive-senator/>.


On Apr 14, 2013, at 11:13 AM, David Johnson <dlj725 at hughes.net> wrote:

> True to a point Carl,
> 
> But Obama also made specific campaign promises, NOT ONE of which he fulfilled.
> Eg. Support and push for the Employee Free Choice Act, re-negotiate NAFTA, Close Guantanamo, etc. etc..
> Let's not let Obama off the hook so easily and put all of the blame on the people who voted for him.
> Obama is a liar and a deceiver, that in my opinion is what should be emphasized.
> 
> David J.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. G. Estabrook" <carl at newsfromneptune.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:47 AM
> Subject: [OccupyCU] Mendacity of hope
> 
> 
>> Obama became president by becoming a blank screen on which US voters projected their desires for 'hope and change' (= jobs and prosperity) - i.e., by lying in effect that that's what he would produce.
>> 
>> But if one looked at all closely at what he said even before 2008, one found a commitment to the murderous military and economic policies of the 1% - which he has put into practice in office:
>> 
>> http://americablog.com/2012/05/obama-2006-too-many-of-us-have-been-interested-in-defending-programs-as-written-in-1938.html
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