re: #765 wrenchwench

Obama was talking about the constitution’s inability to remedy economic “injustice,” in addition to political injustice. That’s what he said the courts hadn’t done, and what we “still suffer from.” He now has (or really soon will have) the opportunity to address that issue legislatively, as he desired back in 2001. He got a head start on a platter when the Big Bailout passed.

That’s what you made of it, but here’s a different take, saying that he thought the use of the courts was misdirected away from a grass roots approach :

During the 2001 appearance on Chicago public radio station WBEZ , Obama did not say it is a “tragedy” that the Supreme Court has not addressed wealth redistribution. The “tragedy” Obama identified was that the civil rights movement “became so court-focused” in trying to bring about political and economic justice. Obama stated: “And one of the — I think the tragedies of the civil rights movement was, because the civil rights movements became so court-focused, I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing, and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributive change.”

The discussion we are having reminds me of a talk about how hard it is to have a political discussion across the right left divide. He said we all listen to our personal Ipods and ignoring the other persons Ipod music. The left watches MSNBC and visits Daily Kos, the right to Fox and right wing blogs. We do it so we can confirm what we already believe, and resist any other interpretation. I watch the interview and see nothing remarkable, others watch it and think it proves Obama is a socialist. You may watch Palin and get inspired, I watch her and giggle, I liked McCain, many others on the did not. I may not change my mind, nor you yours, but I’m trying to listen and discuss the issues.
I actually got my Karma up from a minus 40 something to even until this thread, so that’s something.