Posted on 10/26/2008 5:55:40 PM PDT by Pacothecat
In a 2001 Chicago Public Radio Interview Obama is discussing the best way to bring about a Redistribution of Wealth.
This Video Exposes the radical underneath the rhetoric!
We cannot let this man win the presidency.
It MUST NOT HAPPEN.
Oh...you said ‘networks’ so I thought you meant ABC, CBC, NBC. Someone posted that they sent it to Hannity. I and one other person sent it to Rush, I think someone else pinged it to Mark Levin and it’s been sent to Drudge. We’ll see what becomes of all the mailings.
-—EVERYONE - GET IT TO DRUDGE !!-—
Just sent it, too! Plus an email blast...
Jim, this audio needs to be blasted from the mountaintops. Can you do an editorial and post it in breaking news so more people pay atttention and distribute this to everyone they know.
THis is a smoking gun.
those with blogs of any kind should put this audio out there for the lowly masses to hear!
Video no longer availble!....
Down the memory hole!!
Thanks for the transcript (its so short!). I’m ah, ah trying to, well , ah, ah figure out why, ah, that, ah, ah the youtube, ah version runs for ah, ah over, ah 4 minutes.
Has anyone in the media actually asked Obama if he wants to spread the wealth around?
ping
(Not a full transcript)
2001, Barack Obama interview on Chicago Public Radio:
— discusses not the pros and cons of redistribution of wealth, but rather how to accomplish it.
— speaks of economic justice
— complains that the Warren Court didnt break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers into the constitution
— says Supreme Court so far has held that the Constitution says what the states cant do to you, says what the federal government cant do to you but it doesnt say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf.
— One of the tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court-focused, there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activiites on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributive change. In some ways, we still suffer from that.
— Caller asks if the court is the place for reparative economic work or if it should be done through legislation. Obama says hes not optimistic about getting redistribution done through the courts because they arent structured that way (but give him a chance to appoint a few Justices . . . )
Although you can craft theoretical justifications for it legally, you know, any three of us sitting here could come up with a rationale for bringing about economic change through the courts.
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obama is a socialist - pure and simple
everyone should see this link.
obama is a socialist - pure and simple
everyone should see this link.
obama is a socialist - pure and simple
everyone should see this link.
obama is a socialist - pure and simple
everyone should see this link.
obama is a socialist - pure and simple
No, I think he’s saying you won’t get sharing the wealth thru the courts but rather need to do it thru legislative and administrative means.
This audio is even beyond his wealth distribution exposed by Joe the plumber. That was generic, class orientated redistribution with Joe.
This audio is race specific, it was in the context of racial discrimination being addressed by the courts and the subsequent lack of wealth redistribution being part of the courts decision.
He has jumped the shark, he’s talking about reparations thru carefully crafted set of laws, taxes etc., that he will have the power to enact during his administration.
I just clicked on it and it’s still there.
Whoa, this is major.
Seems he wants to do in a more major way what essentially exists today through the principles of a progressive tax system. Thank you Civil War: The first federal statutes imposing the legal obligation to pay a federal income tax were adopted by Congress in 1861 and 1862 to pay for the Civil War. The 1862 law levied a 3% tax on incomes above $800, rising to 5% for incomes above $10,000.
Thanks for the ping.
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