I agree with you that Obama's not that smart, but his backers know exactly which strings to pull to make this puppet dance. And they ARE evil. George Soros for starters.

I know that there are plenty of people out there who would desire someone much further to the left than Obama, say, Stalin maybe? And I can understand their disappointment with Obama, given their views. He has left many of Bush's policies in place unchanged, at least so far. So they are calling that a sign of conservatism. But I think we all know that Bush was no conservative.

But for anyone who thinks Obama isn't a leftist, I offer this.

"I was standing on the Washington Mall on Inauguration Day, alongside nearly two million other people on Inauguration Day, and proudly watched the first African American take the oath of office in our nation’s history. That alone made the day deeply memorable, joyful, and historic. But I couldn’t help but think – and I’m sure that millions of others had the same thought – that the transfer of power from Bush to President Obama not only tore down a barrier that once was thought near impenetrable, but also signified the fading away of one era and the beginning of another.

It was hard not to think on that cold day in our nation’s capital that the worst of the past 30 years of right wing extremist rule is behind us and that an era of progressive change is within reach, no longer an idle dream.

Just look at the new lay of the land: a friend of labor and its allies sits in the White House. Larger Democratic majorities control Congress. A feeling of renewal and hope is in the air. Public opinion polls show a high favorability rating for our new President. And the labor and people’s movement that was so instrumental to the election’s outcome, after a short holiday pause, is off and running."

Sam Webb
Chairman Communist Party USA
1/31/2009