[Marxism] (fwd) Obama v Palin : A Story Of Two Americas

[Lüko Willms]

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:34:21 -0400, Les Schaffer wrote:

> In some of the arguments against Palin I feel there is some unconscious 
> element of class contempt - as if a Harvardman will at least know which 
> knife and fork to use to eat fish at a formal dinner whereas Palin or 
> her husband are bound to commit social gaffes on a regular basis. This 
> is why I feel somehow it is a mistake for SOCIALISTS to emphasise that 
> Obama and his wife went to Harvard, whereas as Palin and her husband 
> didn't.

 I am with you on this, but I understand the original article you wrote about did 
mainly criticize the media, and the public perception of the two persons, without 
making those conceptions their owns. 

  Like pointing out that a "negro" who goes to Harvard is "uppity", while a 
woman from a small town becoming that town's mayor, and then governer of a 
US federal state and finally US vice president the incorporation of the 
"American dream" and the "frontier spirit". 


Comradely yours, 
Lüko Willms
Frankfurt, Germany
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