I think people are dazzled by Obama's rhetoric, and that people ought to begin to understand that Obama is going to be a mediocre president? which means, in our time, a dangerous president? unless there is some national movement to push him in a better direction.
Howard ZinnAbout author
- Author's profession: Historian
- Nationality: american
- Born: December 7, 1922
- Died: January 27, 2010
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