Well, it's certainly abundantly clear today that when Obama told us, before the election, that Bill Ayers of SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) had absolutely no influence on him, that he was telling the truth ---- because Obama has sure as hell not been doing anything to fight for a 'democratic society' (or anti-war).
Obama never mentioned anything, before we 'gave him' our votes, about the ruling-elite corporate/financial imperialist war-machine, and racist tyranny of economic oppression that SDS fought against in the late 1960's --- although it has only gotten worse in the last 40 years.
Obama was being truthful with us when he totally ignored the very existence of this ruling-elite corporate/financial Empire that controls our country by hiding behind the facade of its two-party 'Vichy' sham of democracy, and he was being totally truthful when he said nothing about this Empire that he himself was auditioning to become the best new front-man for.
It's just that we were too stupid, before the election, to ask him, "Hey, what about this Empire that's killing our country and the world? Will you represent this deceitful and hidden corporate/financial Empire or will you represent us?"
We never asked him about which side he was on in our battle with Empire --- so he wasn't lying when he said nothing.
At least Bill Ayers and his fellow Students for a Democratic Society were smart enough to ask students joining them in fighting against the imperialist war-monger/racist Empire, "Are you with us or are you just an infiltrator from the Empire 'posing' as one of us, in order to turn on us and wreck the movement."
We never even asked this phony plant if he was 'working for the man' --- working for the Empire. Shame on us.
As the old saying goes, "If you fool me once about an imperialist president, shame on you. But if you fool me, a dozen times, about an imperialist president --- shame on all of us".
Alan MacDonald
Sanford, Maine
