Bombshell: Obama wealth redistribution audio from 2001

The audio to the right is from a 2001 public radio interview where Barack Obama showed some pretty clear redistributionist tendencies, among others:

...the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth... I think, tragedies of the civil rights movement was, um, because the civil rights movement became so court focused I think there was a tendancy to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalition of powers through which you bring about redistributive change...

UPDATE: I was originally skeptical of this due to one of the video provider's past efforts. However, I've removed those remarks based on the assurances here, and this is legit, with the original source at WBEZ here (Full RAM file here). The video has also been linked by Drudge; a full transcript is here.

You can digg this here. If you don't have an account, now might be a good time to sign up (it's free).

Since WBEZ is a public station, it might be possible to obtain their other BHO shows under some form of FOIA. Can someone look into that?

UPDATE 2: The latter might not be necessary since they appear to have made all the audio they have available here in RAM files; they say they'll have MP3s later on 10/27.

Also, the Digg link above has almost 600 Diggs now, but it's also been buried, meaning that it won't make their front page unless thousands of people bother to digg it.

UPDATE 3: Don't believe the BHO camp's spin. From this:

Cass Sunstein and others, like Bruce Ackerman, have been touting this positive law stuff for years. They advocate institutionalizing the liberal agenda through the courts, particularly the 14th Amendment. Equal rights would be expanded to include "economic justice," i.e., the equal (or more equal) provision of wealth, education, etc., among the citizenry. The agenda would not be subject to electoral results or congressional influence because it would be imposed from the judiciary. This is an extremely radical proposition, completely at odds with the Constitution itself and the Framers' intent. And Sunstein and Obama know that the public would be appalled with their views if honestly presented to them. So, Sunstein denies it — even characterizing it as conservative, and Obama's spokesman calls the 2001 interview a distraction. It is neither.

See also this.

Politics · Sun, 10/26/2008 - 17:39 · · Importance: 4