Thread: Six months of the Obama administration

Six months of the Obama administration


by Joe Kishore
Global Research, July 21, 2009
WSWS


Six months ago yesterday, Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States.

The election of Obama represented a popular repudiation of the Bush administration and its domestic and foreign policies. The principal slogan of Obama—“change you can believe inâ€

[b] The important paragraphs are below:

What is perhaps most remarkable is the fact that the Obama administration barely makes an effort to conceal its class character.


What evaluation can be made in light of six months’ experience? The facts speak for themselves. On every critical issue, Obama—presiding over substantial Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress—has continued the basic policy of his predecessor.

The outcome of the 2008 elections is an object lesson on the failure of American democracy. These elections produced an outcome that is diametrically opposed to the aspirations of the voters who cast ballots for the victor.

It is not possible, through the existing political system, to effect a change in government policy. The basic reason is that the political institutions and parties are the unvarnished instruments of class rule. The financial elite exercises absolute control over every aspect of political life.


What is perhaps most remarkable is the fact that the Obama administration barely makes an effort to conceal its class character.

Here, Lincoln’s famous aphorism is appropriate: [color=red]“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.â€