I don't think Obama's a token either. I think he's just the guy who has been able to capture the imagination of a large segment of the country regardless of his color. But it's also true that there are some people who don't want him elected because of that color.

Whether or not he is the guy who will fight corporatism is another matter, and remains to be seen. Certainly he's no Kucinich. But I think it's probably true that a huge segment of the electorate in this country really are sheep to the slaughter.

The way I see it is that this country serves two main purposes for the corporatocracy - we are the breeding stock for the warrior class of the global empire, and we are the worker drones who provide the economic engine that pays for that empire. I don't know how much any particular candidate can do to change that state of affairs, but I'm probably going to vote for Obama anyway. If nothing else, I think he will at least help to stop the process of dumbing down of this country that has been happening under Bush, and that I see as the likely outcome of a McCain administration. And if we aren't being dumbed down, maybe we'll have better tools with which to fight the corporatocracy.