The Myth of Obama as the Anti-War Candidate
Stephen Colbert reminded me during last night's show (Nov. 18), that Barack Obama has been referred to numerous times in the mainstream broadcast realm as an anti-war candidate.
This is erroneous and I seem to recall Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul having run as the real anti-war candidates during the primaries.
Is this narrative becoming more widespread? And is it appearing in the European press as well?
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No even he has said he is the anti-dumb war. For those who think he is totally anti-war were not paying attention.
What I do think he is or will be is a President who will not go into wars of opportunity, such as Iraq.
November 19, 2008 11:42 PM | Reply | Permalink