Cornel West Calls Obama a “Rockefeller Republican in Blackface”

Non Profit Quarterly ^ | November 13, 2012 | Rick Cohen

[Yollopoliuhqui]

I suggest that Freepers dust off that stack of old John Birch Society literature in order to find out exactly what a “Rockefeller Republican” is. And while you are at it, Google these terms- “oligarchy”, “aristocracy”, “fascism”, “republicanism”, “synarchy”, “Nazi 5th column in the US during the 1930’s”. One day we may actually figure out who really is America’s chief enemy and his name ain’t Karl Marx.

[Steve Van Doorn]

said, "to West, Rockefeller is as far to the right as Reagan. "

What the hell are you talking about? That is wrong in so many ways.

[teflon9]

Except for that guy on “Batman”, of course.

[Tailgunner Joe]

Old Soviet jokes become the new American reality
The six contradictions of socialism in the United States of America:

- America is capitalist and greedy - yet half of the population is subsidized.
- Half of the population is subsidized - yet they think they are victims.
- They think they are victims - yet their representatives run the government.
- Their representatives run the government - yet the poor keep getting poorer.
- The poor keep getting poorer - yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about.
- They have things that people in other countries only dream about - yet they want America to be more like those other countries.

[jmcenanly]

said, "to West, Rockefeller is as far to the right as Reagan. " What the hell are you talking about? That is wrong in so many ways.

When you as far to the Left as Cornell West, Reagan and Rockefeller would be to the Right, but then so would Bill Clinton.

[Steve Van Doorn]

oh shoot, I got him mixed up with someone else my mistake sorry

[wideawake]

When I wrote my post, I assumed it would be read with intelligence.

Who is West? What is his ideology? He is a black militant in the 1960s mode.

To people of West's ideology, Nelson Rockefeller is the fascist who put down the people's rebellion in Attica. To West, he is the right wing ideologue who passed the Rockefeller drug laws, which were a grand conspiracy against the black community. To West, he is the racist who presided over New York's cooperation with COINTELPRO - yet another white supremacist plot.

In the hate literature of the 1960s black left, Rockefeller figures much more prominently in their demonology than Reagan ever did.

[firebrand]

He’s right about the signing of the NDAA, anyway. Sometimes they are so far left they meet us coming the other way.

[x]

To people of West's ideology, Nelson Rockefeller is the fascist who put down the people's rebellion in Attica. To West, he is the right wing ideologue who passed the Rockefeller drug laws, which were a grand conspiracy against the black community. To West, he is the racist who presided over New York's cooperation with COINTELPRO - yet another white supremacist plot.

In the hate literature of the 1960s black left, Rockefeller figures much more prominently in their demonology than Reagan ever did.

Okay. Rockefeller is also short-hand for "rich White guy." Maybe there's also a dig at Colin Powell here.

[Steve Van Doorn]

oh shoot, I got him mixed up with someone else my mistake sorry

[dennisw]

like!!!!