Prometheus 6

The noise under discussion is an "Obama Bombshell" posted to YouTube this weekend...a four minute clip, about half of which is the hysterical judgement of the poster. The full text they're whining about, which is being used in an attempt to paint Obama as a Socialist, is on The National Review's site. Bill Whittle says

There is nothing vague or ambiguous about this. Nothing.

From the top: “…The Supreme Court never entered into the issues of redistribution of wealth, and sort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society. And uh, to that extent, as radical as I think people tried to characterize the Warren Court, it wasn’t that radical.”

If the second highlighted phrase had been there without the first, Obama’s defenders would have bent over backwards trying to spin the meaning of “political and economic justice.” We all know what political and economic justice means, because Barack Obama has already made it crystal clear a second earlier: It means redistribution of wealth. Not the creation of wealth and certainly not the creation of opportunity, but simply taking money from the successful and hard-working and distributing it to those whom the government decides “deserve” it.

I listened to the whole discussion rather than quotes clipped mid-sentence. You can listen for yourself (it's RealAudio).

January 18, 2001 Audio

hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

The Court and Civil Rights Susan Bandes – Professor of law at DePaul University and the editor of the book, “The Passions of Law” Dennis Hutchinson – The William Rainey Harper professor in the college, senior lecturer in the law school and editor of the Supreme Court Review at the University of Chicago Barack Obama – Illinois State Senator from 13th district and a senior lecturer in the law school at the University of Chicago

The redistribution under discussion is to fund schools equally after the Brown vs Board of Ed. decision.

I don't expect the wingnuts to accept this and I don't expect them to exert the energy to fact check it...that's what the Michelle Malkins of the world are for, as far as they are concerned. It took mad energy to twist this. And I'm sure they like the idea of using the same technique they feel worked against Rev. Wright.

Nevermind that every tax break to any corporation that received one is a redistribution of wealth. In fact, immediately after Obama's answer to this question

A caller then helpfully asks: “The gentleman made the point that the Warren Court wasn’t terribly radical. My question is (with economic changes)… my question is, is it too late for that kind of reparative work, economically, and is that the appropriate place for reparative economic work to change place?”

...Susan Bandes notes "the court makes distributive decisions all the time."

What they are doing is standing strong against equal rights for all Americans with this attack. And The National Review is right in the mix. And all of them disgust me.