From a lecture by John Pilger, given at an event called Socialism 2009 (“New Left for a New Era”). Mr. Pilger thinks our current President isn’t liberal enough:
During his brief period in the Senate, Obama voted to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He voted for the Patriot Act. He refused to support a bill for single-payer health care. He supported the death penalty. As a presidential candidate he received more corporate backing than John McCain. He promised to close Guantanamo as a priority, but instead he has excused torture, reinstated military commissions, kept the Bush gulag intact, and opposed habeas corpus.
Notice the banner advertisement, however. Brownell’s.
Somebody’s got a sense of humor.