[Marxism] what does this election signify?

[Fred Feldman]

Walter Lippmann wrote:
If Obama is elected, and can't be assume by now, it would
resolve the question of whether or not a Black person could
be elected president of the United States of America, quite
a matter indeed, and a hell of a lot more than "nothing".

Fred comments:
Walter is right, as is often the case. I should have said "nothing else" but
that. And settling that in favor of democracy will actually put the working
and oppressed people in a stronger position to stand up for our interests in
whatever comes down the line, no matter what Obama does at present.

Just trying to position for the future. I still think Bozefsky was right in
that whoever wins (and I think it will be Obama, if majority rule is even
minimally respected), the oppressed and exploited of this country will have
to fight to defend their interests against the system that both Obama and
McCain represent.  It was his comment (plus a little concern about Dave
McDonald's, though he has a perfect right to act as his conscience and
judgment dictate in the voting) that led me to try to formulate my view more
precisely. It is, of course, mine alone. 

If Obama continues on the course of escalating Afghanistan and Pakistan, and
hostility toward Venezuela and Bolivia that he has followed so far, the
changed "image" for the United States won't go very far. Words and
appearances (including a Black man in the White House) will have to be
backed by deeds if hostility to the US regime is to be ameliorated for long.
And I see no sign yet that those kinds of deeds are in the offing.

These facts have played a part all along in my backing of McKinney.

The Cuban leaders, who clearly also prefer Obama, are right to warn people
not to expect much from him, and, in fact, to prepare for continued problems
and rely on their own strength to contain or defeat them. I fear that is the
best advice to the oppressed and exploited, including the Black nationality
which is justifiably excited and mobilized for completing the task they
undertook when Obama became a serious candidate.
Fred Feldman