Posted on 10/27/2008 9:52:49 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama advisor pushes back on 'redistribution' Ben Smith Ben Smith 35 mins ago
A top legal advisor to Barack Obama, Harvard law professor Cass Sunstein, said today that Obama's 2001 remarks on "redistributive change" -- pushed hard on the right today -- are being misinterpreted, and that he was actually articulating "conservative" legal principles, and that the then-law professor's "law-speak" was being misinterpreted.
Obama's remarks came in a long interview on civil rights and Constitutional law with two other law professors on the Chicago public radio station WBEZ in 2001. (The full transcript is here, and audio is here.) Sunstein argued that Obama is discussing redistribution in a relatively narrow legal context: The discussion in the 1970s of whether the Supreme Court would create the right to a social safety net -- to things like education and welfare. He also noted that in the interview, Obama appears to express support for the court's rejection of that line of argument, saying instead that the civil rights movement should aim for the same goals through legislative action.
"What the critics are missing is that the term 'redistribution' didn’t man in the Constitutional context equalized wealth or anything like that. It meant some positive rights, most prominently the right to education, and also the right to a lawyer," Sunstein said. "What he’s saying – this is the irony of it – he’s basically taking the side of the conservatives then and now against the liberals."
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ROTFLMAO!!!
He must have mistaken us for an Odumb@ss voter.
They all think we’re stupid. However, it’s clear that the Obama campaign fears that this Socialist business can gain traction. Otherwise, Biden would have just answered the question in that interview. I’m not sure the American people are paying attention to this, but the campaigns reactions to it tell me they know it’s a problem.
Smart bastards!! Shoot back immediately and the mediaPUKERS will fall silent! Why report it if the black messiah has already spoken and he has spoken the twisted truth!! Ughh!
For those with ears to hear for themselves:
A short version on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck
The original show is from the January 18, 2001 Chicago Public Radio show Odyssey. Their audio archive is here:
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/audio_library/od_rajan01.asp
The 52min audio of the entire show is here:
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/audio_library/ram/od/od-010118.ram
Yahoo! did not make these hotlinks on purpose.
“(The full transcript is here, and audio is here.)”
You can only get the links if you go to politico.com and ready the story.
Even if I bought this load of legalese, Sunstein confirms what we believe about 0bama. By any means, whether through the courts, executive order, or legislation, he intends to implement wealth redistibution.
Bookmarked for later listening and distribution...
The courts are not the issue. He said “redistributive change”...what can that possilby mean? Think about it, America.
If nothing else, this shows the Zero’s complete disconnection from average America, since he was answering a man-on-the-street voter, who (regardless of political leaning) would hardly be acquainted with the esoteric principle this person claims Obama was referring to.
No regular person, when they hear “redistribution of wealth”, is going to automatically think “oh, he’s talking about creating safety nets”. They’re going to think “take from the haves, give to the have-nots”.
Oh boy I would love to hear you debate this person!!!
Its gotten their attention. Warren Court conservative? I think Obama said legislate the reidristibution of wealth.
All Liberals think Conservatives are stupid, spineless, and gutless. They get this idea from the leadership of the GOP who have no gonads and haven’t fought back for the past eight years. Those of us that love freedom and want a bright future for our children, have to defeat this wanna be dictator, the Muslim Messiah, from getting elected. This election is a national disgrace. American Patriots going back to 1776 to today are rolling in their graves. The Muslim Messiah wishes to destroy us from within with the aid of Pelosi, Reid, Murtha, Schumer, Kennedy, Rangel, Kerry, Feinstein, Boxer, and the rest of the Liberal waste in the US Congress.
Check this too:
Raw verbates of Obama 2001 radio intvw and link to audio
http://www.foxnews.com/urgent_queue/#50041ecb,2008-10-27
Waves hand:
“These aren’t the droids you’re looking for”...
I can’t believe this bullcrap!...These idiot democrats can say whatever the hell they want? Go pound sand, Obama!...
Ah, Yeah, OK...or could it be that perhaps your candidate is a MARXIST and you are using pretzel logic to try and get us past that?
Sure he was! ROTFLMBO!
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