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21151 [lbo-talk] Carville picks up the "narrative" idea -- rank: 1000

John Thornton wrote: >Am I being deliberately obtuse in not understanding the "need" for >this narrative? I just don't get it. Why is it needed to win an >election? Maybe I don't understand what is being put forth with the >narrative idea itself. Someone want to explain to me what I am >apparently missing because I think the narrative idea is a bit >disingenuous and I don't think that is what others have in mind? People don't understand wonky stuff. They don't connect ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 9 10:57:15 PST 2004

21152 [lbo-talk] Carville picks up the "narrative" idea -- rank: 1000

Michael Dawson wrote: >Meanwhile, misanthropes notwithstanding, the obvious replacement is Robert >Reich, who is eloquent and powerful at talking about a new liberal >ethicalism. He would be taken seriously No he wouldn't - and I'm serious about this - because he's too short. He's earnest, bearded, dweeby, and from Massachusetts. And short. Doug

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Date:	Tue Nov 9 10:28:47 PST 2004

21153 [lbo-talk] My reply to Katha Pollitt -- rank: 1000

C. G. Estabrook wrote: >The first sentence of your letter is just backwards. There's more than a >"shred of evidence ... that 'the people' will [choose] a progressive >agenda if given a chance, but the leadership seldom gives them that >chance." A recent shred is the latest version of the Chicago Council of >Foreign Relations' long-term survey. I posted part of a summary by >Chomsky, who points out that "Often the issues that are most on people's >minds don' ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 9 10:11:35 PST 2004

21154 [lbo-talk] Carville picks up the "narrative" idea -- rank: 1000

Jon Johanning wrote: >Looks as though Carville has been reading the discussion of >"narratives" on this list, judging from this Wash. Post story: Stanley Greenberg's been saying this for years. Doug

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Date:	Tue Nov 9 09:02:59 PST 2004

21155 [lbo-talk] IQ and politics -- rank: 1000

Miles Jackson wrote: >On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >> >> >http://chrisevans3d.com/files/iq.htm >> >> But IQ data is pretty murky, leaving aside the question of what IQ >> measures, right? >> >> Doug > >It's a pretty good proxy for academic ability. It doesn't really >measure everyday, practical intelligence very well. (The "book >smarts"/"street smarts" cliche ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 9 08:56:14 PST 2004

21156 [lbo-talk] IQ and politics -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >http://chrisevans3d.com/files/iq.htm But IQ data is pretty murky, leaving aside the question of what IQ measures, right? Doug

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Date:	Tue Nov 9 07:44:01 PST 2004

21157 [lbo-talk] Call on the Ohio Democratic and Green Parties to Demanda Recount! -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >If John Kerry demands and gets a recount, wins Ohio, and takes the >electoral college majority, the next POTUS will be weaker than if >Bush won both the popular vote and the electoral college fair and >square. Whew, good to see the old Yoshie hasn't completely disappeared behind this new campaign! Of course, they're wusses & won't do anything to challenge the legitimacy of the system. I was just reading a quote from Louis Hartz in Lieven's new book - Amer ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 8 20:36:55 PST 2004

21158 [lbo-talk] RE: Slavoj rounds bend, celebrates Bush's victory -- rank: 1000

T Fast wrote: >>Chris Doss wrote: >> >>>I nominate Doug for General Secretary. >> >>Thank you. Let the executions begin! >> >>Doug > >Doug's problem may be that he would not consider executing anyone! I'm not so sure of that. I could think of 10, 20, 30...

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Date:	Mon Nov 8 16:02:50 PST 2004

21159 [lbo-talk] The Declining Dollar? -- rank: 1000

Dennis Redmond wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: > >> It's hard to forecast how this could play out - there are too many >> variables. > >True, but 99% of the outcomes of those variables are ugly, ugly, ugly. All >the euro needs to do is stabilize right where it is, and all that East >Asian capital will start flowing to the Euromarkets anyway. It was going >to happen anyway, but the colossal stupidity, viciousness and sheer >malevolence of this Empire has accelera ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Nov 8 12:21:58 PST 2004

21160 [lbo-talk] exit polls -- rank: 1000

I didn't know this: the exit pollsters adjust their results as official vote counts come in. So that exit poll showing Kerry ahead in Ohio at 12:21 AM that turned into Bush ahead at 1:41 AM was probably altered to conform to the vote count. So much for the checking function... Doug

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Date:	Mon Nov 8 10:22:25 PST 2004

21161 [lbo-talk] Such times as this.... -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >This is the zaniest news from Bible Land yet. George Bush is >supposed to be Queen Esther? Must have something to do with his obsession with a mandate.

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Date:	Mon Nov 8 10:12:25 PST 2004

21162 [lbo-talk] Washington Blade on the election -- rank: 1000

Michael Dawson wrote: >You're right, and I apologize to those I've lashed on. I'm frustrated with >the world, but that's not the time to be meaner to one's allies. I'll try >to be nicer. Thank you. It's a hostile world out there - we should all treat our more-or-less allies better. Doug

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Date:	Mon Nov 8 10:07:20 PST 2004

21163 [lbo-talk] The Declining Dollar? -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >However, a declining dollar will make the US less attractive for foreign >investors, and that will limit the US capability to borrow and bankroll its >deficit spending, which is a good news for those who wish all the worst for >this administration. This will hurt the US more than the les competitive >Euro imports will hurt the European economy, no? Doug? A lot depends on what a falling dollar does to our trade balance. It could make imports more expensiv ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 8 09:53:23 PST 2004

21164 [lbo-talk] exit poll change -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >[lbo-talk] > >Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com <mailto:lbo-talk%40lbo-talk.org >? >Ok, so the early exit poll results were all wrong. So why did CNN's >presentation of exit poll results for Ohio change radically - from a >Kerry lead to a Bush lead - between 12:21 AM and 1:41 AM early >Wednesday morning? The sample size reported had increased by a couple >of hundred - was that enough to tip the balance? > >Screen shots: ><http://ww ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 8 07:57:52 PST 2004

21165 [lbo-talk] Working at Wal-Mart, gloating about Bush's win -- rank: 1000

B. wrote: >Of course, I, being the >AntiSocial-Weird-WalMart-Employee, am sitting in a >back corner, my knees tucked up under me, smoking a >cigarette and hoping they'll leave me the fuck alone. >Sure enough, they do, but they strike up a >conversation about how happy they are that George Bush >got "re-elected". One lady says: "I'm so glad! Now all >our American jobs will no longer be outsourced!" When you all buy & read Liza's book (Selling Women ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 8 06:18:48 PST 2004