The Obama Hate Machine by Bill Press

Author:Bill Press [Press, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Published: 2012-02-05T07:00:12+00:00

BLASTING OBAMA FROM THE LEFT

1. Ali, Tariq. The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad.

Publisher: Verso, October 2010.

Between the Covers: Here is one of the first criticisms of President Obama from the Left. British Pakistani military historian Tariq Ali, regular contributor to the New Left Review and The Guardian, accuses Obama of reneging on his campaign promises—at home by bailing out Wall Street and falling short on health care; abroad by continuing the occupation of Iraq, sending more troops to Afghanistan, and launching more drone attacks on Pakistan. Ali argues that very little changed between Obama and Bush, which will inevitably lead Republicans to victory in 2012.

2. Carney, Timothy P. Obamanomics: How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall Street Friends, Corporate Lobbyists, and Union Bosses.

Publisher: Regnery Publishing, November 2009.

Between the Covers: This is a searing indictment from the Left of Obama’s economic policies, reflecting the disappointment felt by many liberals. Investigative reporter Tim Carney credits candidate Barack Obama for wanting to help protect average Americans from corporate interests. But, Carney argues, the economic policies of President Barack Obama have done just the opposite. Under Obama, the only people getting bigger and richer are the Wall Street banks, pharmaceutical companies, oil companies, auto companies, and big polluters. For Carney, “Obamanomics” is just another term for corporatism, which Obama has done little to change.

3. Hodge, Roger D. The Mendacity of Hope: Barack Obama and the Betrayal of American Liberalism.

Publisher: HarperCollins, October 2010.

Between the Covers: Roger Hodge is a respected veteran journalist, a former editor of Harper’s, and a deeply disappointed Obama supporter. Indeed, he had great expectations for “Archangel” Obama and the “Audacity of Hope,” only to see his hopes crushed by the reality of what he cleverly calls the “Mendacity of Hope.” Like many liberals, Hodge feels betrayed by the president, who promised to fight for the middle class and—on health care, tax cuts, the economy, and other issues—ended up, instead, favoring the very corporate interests he had campaigned against. What we got with Obama, he argues, is not change, but continuity. On Iraq, Afghanistan, and the war on terror, there’s not much difference between Barack Obama and George W. Bush. This is the strongest indictment of Obama I’ve seen from the Left, and one the administration should take seriously.

4. Jocelyn, John Michael and Dirk Brewer. President Obama’s Broken Promises: Race, Religion, and Gay Rights.

Publisher: Iuniverse, January 2010.

Between the Covers: Where does President Obama stand on gay rights, and what influenced his thinking on this important civil rights issue? Jocelyn and Brewer relate their conclusions, based on interviews with many Obama associates over the years. His support of gay rights in general, but opposition to same-sex marriage in particular, they believe, is based on the overwhelming influence of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s pastor for twenty years in Chicago. Even on the Left, Wright is a bogeyman of sorts. His experience at Trinity United Church, the authors contend, left Obama both “unashamedly black” and “unapologetically Christian.” And, as

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