Comments on: Obama is the most reactionary president since Nixon

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:21:36 +0000

The following correction was printed in the Observer’s For the record column, Sunday January 31 2010

This Comment piece said: “In his Cairo speech to Muslim countries [Obama]… did not mention the oppression of women.” In fact, he dedicated several paragraphs of his speech to women’s rights, condemning those who would deny women equality through education and offering US aid to support expanded literacy for girls in any Muslim-majority country

By: organic cheeseboard

organic cheeseboard — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:06:40 +0000

If that’s the case then Obama is clearly no worse than Bush (who also bowed to the King of Saudi as well as propping up the dictator Musharaff in Pakistan), or any other post-WW2 US president in fact.

Nick must have meant something else – I’d like to know what.

By: Fabio P.Barbieri

Fabio P.Barbieri — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:00:35 +0000

Organic Cheeseboard: he means a supporter of oppressors and fiends of all kinds. Which the man who bowed before the King of Saudi “kill the girls before a man sees them” Arabia richly deserves to be called.

By: organic cheeseboard

organic cheeseboard — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:25:03 +0000

what do you mean by ‘reactionary’ here, Nick?

By: saeed

saeed — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:27:51 +0000

Hi Nick

Hope you are well.

You do know that Obama dedicated a whole section of his speech to womens rights…which can be found at the link below:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/us/politics/04obama.text.html?_r=2&pagewanted=7