Obama, Marx, and the redistribution of wealth

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Monday October 27, 2008 · 6:03 PM PDT

2008/10/27 · 18:03

Quoting Marx, Orlando WFT TV anchor woman Barbara West asked Joe Biden, how Senator Obama was not being a Marxist if he intended to "spread the wealth around?"

The short answer to the above question is of course, "Are you joking?"

The long answer requires reconstructing the Marx quote in the context of Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Program Part 1 , and then comparing Marx’s radically anti-capitalist arguments to Obama’s concept of "spreading the wealth around".

I will demonstrate that quoting Marx proves to be a poor attack tactic because it allows Obama supporters to use Marx’s own words to radically differentiate Obama’s idea of "spreading the wealth".

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 5:25 PM PDT

2008/09/10 · 17:25

Last Sunday, on NBC's "Meet the press" Senator Biden was asked by an unyielding Tom Brokaw about when he thought life begins.

Tom Brokaw

If senator Obama comes to you and asks, 'When does life begin?', help me out here Joe as a Roman Catholic. What would you say?

Senator Biden then tried to dodge the apparent contradiction between his ethical beliefs and his position as legislator:

I would say look, I know when it begins for me. It is a personally and private issue. For me as a Roman Catholic, I am prepared to accept the teach[ings]in my church... But that is a matter of my judgement. For me to impose that judgement on everyone else who is equally and even more devout seems inappropriate in a pluralistic society."

Senator Biden essentially says that abortion is an individual or personal matter of judgement. In Philosophy, an individual and personal matter of judgement is the sphere of morality.

The AP then Reported today that:

Two prominent bishops said Tuesday that Joe Biden contradicted church teaching...adding, "Protection of innocent human life is not an imposition of personal religious conviction but a demand of justice,"

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Saturday July 26, 2008 · 7:19 AM PDT

2008/07/26 · 07:19

The phrase "Senator Obama you were wrong about the surge" looms in the balance of the 2008 election. It is basically the one "gotcha phrase" that the McCain camp has at its disposal that the Obama camp has not effectively neutralized.
Ultimately, the acusation will be delivered again and again throughout the campaign. Most importantly, it will be dramatically delivered during the first Presidential debate. How Obama responds will weigh heavily on the outcome of the debate. In the mean time, the Obama camp must work hard not to vacillate and sputter on thier response.

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Monday September 10, 2007 · 4:16 PM PDT

2007/09/10 · 16:16

Gen. Petraeus stated today that he confirms that he indeed supports continuing the "strategy change" in the direction of focusing on "Securing the civilian population, (along with the training of the Iraqi troops)" from the prior strategy which was apparently focused on "counter-terrorism (and the training the Iraqi troops)". Furthermore, when asked when we could leave Iraq, Gen. Petraeus replied that we can leave when we have "stablized" Iraq sufficently, and he further elaborated that when he said "stabilized" he meant stabilazation in the sense where communities and neighborhoods in Iraq are secured. Here for the first time, we are given a real goal besides "to win", or beat the bad guys.

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Wednesday November 01, 2006 · 11:12 AM PST

2006/11/01 · 11:12

Yesterday, John Kerry teetered on the same slippery slope that he had found himself during the 2004 campaign. The thin line between not supporting the Bush administration's war in Iraq, while at the same time supporting the men and women in uniform serving our country and being sacrificed in Iraq.

KERRY

"You know education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. And if you don't, you get stuck in Iraq," he said.

Undoubtedly a conspicuous statement, considering that it appears to be saying that if you don't do your homework, or make an effort to be smart you will end up on the rudderless ship called the U.S. military captained by our clueless Commander and chief, and set adrift on the tumultuous open sea called Iraq.

For better or worse, John Kerry has again taken the center stage and now has the opportunity to invoke (in no uncertain terms) the notion of a referendum on George Bush and the "Rubberstamp Republicans", and thier "STAY THE COURSE" strategy in Iraq. Read More

Gay Community attacks Howard Dean

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Sunday May 14, 2006 · 6:08 PM PDT

2006/05/14 · 18:08

In the last few weeks Democratic Party Chair, Howard Dean, has been under attack from representatives of the gay community. These attacks have made front page news from conservative outlets such as Drudge Report and Fox News. Read More

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