There is a part of my brain that really wants to believe the hype around Obama, and that he represents change and that his briliant oratory is some sort of a representation of deeper substance. I think it is the same part of me that wanted to believe that Santa Claus was real after my sister told me he wasn't.
This time, playing the role of my sister, is Amy Goodman:
Democracy Now! | Headlines for April 07, 2008: "Obama Adviser: Keep 80,000 Troops in Iraq ’Til Late 2010
In other campaign news, the New York Sun reports a key adviser to Senator Barack Obama’s campaign is recommending in a confidential paper that America keep up to 80,000 troops in Iraq as of late 2010. Colin Kahl’s plan is at odds with the public pledge of the Illinois senator to withdraw combat forces from Iraq within sixteen months of taking office. Kahl serves as the day-to-day coordinator of Obama’s working group on Iraq but denied the paper represents the campaign’s Iraq position."
Monday, April 7, 2008
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