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You can believe the bullshit that he's a terrorist, or that he's a socialist, or a black panther. Pfft. It's all bullshit. The real reason Obama got to where he is now is because of corporate capitalistic greed setting us up for the next fucking decade or more. But here it is, in easy to read english for you conservatives:

Diverting the Discontented
by Andrew Austin

The political organizers of the conscious segments of the capitalist class realize that faith in the capitalist system is unraveling.

The Iraq War, the assault of civil liberties, the flagging economy, and the growth of corporate control over people's lives has weakened the legitimacy of the capitalist order.

The situation threatens to bring on a new crisis of democracy, one that another dose of authoritarianism and conservatism (which is what was called for in the 1970s) may not be able to fix.

Years ago, capitalist operatives realized that a new approach was needed, one that gives the discontented the illusion of a progressive pro-working class leader.

Enter Barack Obama.

Having this new leader be a black man with an Arabic name and transnational roots - African father, Indonesian childhood - is the perfect ruse to divert the discontented from rallying to a true progressive pro-working class leader such as Ralph Nader.

This is the purpose of the Barack Obama candidacy. This is why corporate money has poured into his campaign coffers in record volume. This is why the corporate media has been so dedicated to pushing his candidacy and leaving Nader almost completely out of the picture.

Corporate propagandists can use the image of a black president with an Arabic name and a transnational origin to repackage American Empire. It's a public relations spins on the US role in the global political-economic order.

It's a slick move domestically, as well, since they can use Obama to disarm and shut down the civil rights movement. This is why Obama has been presented to the public as the post-racial candidate.

If Obama should lose, which is very likely, capitalists have an acceptable standby: a Republican war hero named John McCain. Moreover, with a young dynamic conservative woman named Sarah Palin in the race, they have a chance to further the conservative counterrevolution in a new package.

No matter what happens, the capitalist win.

Now that the conventions are over, and Hillary is out of the picture, are we seeing the media pushing a new balance of coverage? The next few weeks should be revealing.

More importantly, while there may have been reasons for voting for Democrats in the past, it's now time to puncture the illusion of choice foisted on the people by the corporate two-party system and vote for a real progressive pro-working class representative.