tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10853024.post2074778500579654653..comments2024-03-12T20:20:35.830-05:00Comments on Organizing Notes: MY VIEW ON OBAMA SPEECHBruce K. Gagnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10845856861232395427noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10853024.post-82873212607036628352009-09-12T21:13:29.589-05:002009-09-12T21:13:29.589-05:00Yes you are certainly right Loring, the right is o...Yes you are certainly right Loring, the right is out organizing us on this issue and others right now....they do have the corporate big money behind them that surely helps but they also have inspiration.<br /><br />Obama, by continually caving in to the corporate agenda, is defusing the energy on the left at the very time that it is so sorely needed. People on the left are confused, disheartened, angry, and sadly demobilized.Bruce K. Gagnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10845856861232395427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10853024.post-35478023437030255182009-09-12T18:43:26.875-05:002009-09-12T18:43:26.875-05:00Absolutely. The Kucinich option is the only one fr...Absolutely. The Kucinich option is the only one free from insurance-company power.<br /><br />But one thing bothers me about your observations, Bruce, the lack of addressing the fact that far-right populists are doing a far better job of organizing than independent progressives to the left of Obama. Part of the problem may be the imposed silence you discuss, and part may be the fact that a party (and independent people) out of power can raise a lot bigger hell than those with an inside game to play.<br /><br />A lot of people want to make fun of the tea party as the "Million Moron March," and obviously Beck and Malkin get paid by the insurance companies, but they tap into widespread racist and extreme-right anger. It bothers me that there are enough really mixed-up people well to the right of the Republican Party to bring out 100,000 on Sept. 12. We ignore them at our peril.Loring Wirbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764834150305763077noreply@blogger.com