he is a person, as cornell west said, he is a corporate politician. that is what obama is. we have our own responsibility as citizens, as people ho can affect the future, and as critical as i aa of the obama administration's policies in many areas, i am at least as critical or perhaps more so many people who know better, who have muted their voices. we have to organize. we have to do what was done in earlier years by people who pushed and pulled and demanddd and created a political atmosphere where we could get and forced the white house to move. host: do you think we should give him the time line and leeway he proposed? bush or mccain that he is president. in terms of a time llne, this could go on forever. time.s gone on for a very long%- that was the rationale during the vietnam war. we have gone over the cliff. to get more chances to compound the world felony. host: you compared the president's visit to lyndon johnson's 1966 visit to south vietnam. guest: it was chilling for me to go back in the archives and read about lyndon johnson and howl of be the soldiers were to h

as cornell westtsaid, he is a corporate politician. we have our own responsibility as citizens and people that can affect the future. as critical as i am of their politicking in many areas, i am more so, on the people who have quieted their voices, but they know better. we need to demand the political atmosphere where we can force the white house to move. host: "still glad that obama is president? agree or not? think we should give him the time line in the way he proposed? guest: is a high jump over low standards to say i am glad. certainly i am glad that he is not bush or mccain. but this could go on for a very long time, like in the vietnam war. we are going over a cliff with a bigger chance to compound moral felony. host: when the president went to afghanistan you compared it to the lyndon johnson visit to south vieenam. guest: it was chilling to read an article about that day regarding lyndon johnson and howl of be the soldiers were to hear the president's energy. he said something like we're going to nail the cap to the wall. ther