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8326 [lbo-talk] TNR -- rank: 1000

[this bounced because it was pre-pended to the full post, and with HTML code added - please, plain text, and clip extraneous material - which give me the opportunity to ask: 1) did you read the piece, Carl, and 2) there's a lot more than anti-semitism in the quoted material] to approve or deny the request. From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu> Date: January 9, 2008 10:47:58 AM EST To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] the bigoted past of Ron Paul Perha ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 9 08:37:06 PST 2008

8327 [lbo-talk] turnout -- rank: 1000

So the NH turnout was a record - 290,000, vs. previous record of just under 220,000, set in 2004.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 9 07:08:27 PST 2008

8328 [lbo-talk] the bigoted past of Ron Paul -- rank: 1000

<http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=e2f15397-a3c7-4720- ac15-4532a7da84ca> THE NEW REPUBLIC Angry White Man by James Kirchick The bigoted past of Ron Paul. Post Date Tuesday, January 08, 2008 If you are a critic of the Bush administration, chances are that, at some point over the past six months, Ron Paul has said something that appealed to you. Paul describes himself as a libertarian, but, since his presidential campaign took off earlier this year, the Republican congressman ha ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 9 07:06:19 PST 2008

8329 [lbo-talk] Rudy takes a hit -- rank: 1000

[from The Note] "We've lulled our opponents into a false sense of confidence." -- Rudy Giuliani, on his fourth-place showing in New Hampshire. ---- <http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=4105498> Numbers Show Rudy's Attempt to Win N.H. Despite claims to the contrary, Giuliani's showing tonight in N.H. comes after considerable effort. By JAKE TAPPER and KAREN TRAVERS MANCHESTER, N.H., Jan. 8, 2008 Though former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has generally attributed his poor showing in ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 9 07:01:18 PST 2008

8330 [lbo-talk] union news -- rank: 1000

[from The Note] Obama on Wednesday is set to pick up the support of a major national labor organization, Unite Here, along with its 60,000-strong culinary- workers local in Nevada, Kris Maher writes in The Wall Street Journal. "The decision would be the first national labor endorsement for Mr. Obama and would give him a leg up in the Jan. 19 caucus in Nevada," Maher writes. Late Tuesday, Obama locked down SEIU Nevada, but "the chaotic selection process and deep division withi ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 9 06:49:19 PST 2008

8331 [lbo-talk] Obama secretive about funders -- rank: 1000

[I recognize the "Pritzker" name - oh yes, that Obama is so anti- corporate - but any Chicago people recognize the others?] <http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/01/ sweet_obama_secretive_about_fu.html> [Lynn] Sweet: Obama secretive about fund-raisers he will be attending. UPDATE. The list of Chicago hosts. LEBANON, N.H. With two presidential votes behind him, Democratic frontrunner Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)) starts a new round of fund- raisers in New York, Boston and Chicago ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 9 06:39:29 PST 2008

8332 [lbo-talk] Ted Hayes... -- rank: 1000

wow, did a little research (ha, via google) on Ted Hayes, source of that anti-immigrant screed written in the name of black America - he's got quite a myspace page: <http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=205317733>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jan 8 19:03:57 PST 2008

8333 [lbo-talk] None of the above ? -- rank: 1000

On Jan 8, 2008, at 7:29 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: >> > >> Sorry, I was wrong on this. But Truman was a candidate in 1952. > > Doug -- I voted in 1952 -- and I voted for Stevenson. Did you read the Wikipedia text? HST got beaten in NH and quit. > Truman's main opponent was populist Tennessee Senator Estes > Kefauver, who had chaired a nationally televised investigation of > organized crime in 1951 and was known as a crusader against crime > an ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 8 17:26:42 PST 2008

8334 [lbo-talk] anti-immigrant screed in the name of black communities -- rank: 1000

MEDIA ADVISORY Breaking News Contact: David Hernandez Telephone: 818 448-3403 E-mail: drhassoc at earthlink.net January 5, 2008 for Immediate Release Candidate Calls on Presidential Candidates to address impact of illegal immigration on Black Americans. WHO: Ted Hayes, Candidate for US House of Representatives, District 35 WHAT: Congressional Candidate calls on Presidential Candidates to address TABOO subject involving American Blacks WHEN: Date: To Be Annou ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 8 16:14:29 PST 2008

8335 [lbo-talk] None of the above ? -- rank: 1000

On Jan 8, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: > >> It is. It's also a function of the fact that this is the first >> election with no incumbent pres or VP running since 1952 - and that >> was Garner as a favorite son. The last true one of these was in 1928, >> I think. > > Some confusion here. 1952 candidates Eisenhower and Stevenson. Garner > contested Roosevelt for nomination in 1932, then was VP for two terms. > So back to 1932 E ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 8 16:12:40 PST 2008

8336 [lbo-talk] None of the above ? -- rank: 1000

On Jan 8, 2008, at 6:10 PM, Chuck wrote: > There are some amusing things happening with the campaigns right now, > but the voter turnout is not interesting. If the turnout is high > for the > upcoming primaries, that may be a case of people really being tired of > George W. Bush. It is. It's also a function of the fact that this is the first election with no incumbent pres or VP running since 1952 - and that was Garner as a favorite son. The last true one of these was in 1928, ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jan 8 15:18:50 PST 2008

8337 [lbo-talk] Kuchinich explains backing Obama over Edwards -- rank: 1000

On Jan 8, 2008, at 5:14 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > That's all it takes to doom the system -- use the word "crisis." There > are hundreds of ways to privatize in ways that don't nominally > privatize. All politicians who use the word crisis are committed to > damage if not destroy SS. I claimed that on some list (this one? > the old > marxism?) back when Clinton raised the subject in a speech in New > Mexico. Monica saved us. Yup. There is no crisis. And for Obama to s ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 8 14:25:49 PST 2008

8338 [lbo-talk] Obama-mania: where is the true danger? -- rank: 1000

On Jan 8, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: >> [Ws:] Fractured and paralyzed or finally moving away >> from the stale 1970s-style identity politics that are >> completely counterproductive? > > > > Whatever "1970s-style indentity politics" means, how does it apply to > what Ford is talking about, which is the longstanding importance of > black activism to progressive politics in the U.S.? Woj doesn't have a tape loop for that. Doug

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Date:	Tue Jan 8 14:22:06 PST 2008

8339 [lbo-talk] Obama-mania: where is the true danger? -- rank: 1000

On Jan 8, 2008, at 4:55 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > 1970s-style identity politics Yeah, that's what caused 90% of black voters to pull the lever for white Dems for all these years.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jan 8 14:07:53 PST 2008

8340 [lbo-talk] Obama-mania: where is the true danger? -- rank: 1000

On Jan 8, 2008, at 6:31 PM, Eric wrote: > including, > since I'm typing to this list, our esteemed moderator and host -- > argued four years ago. Which is to say, in 2004, Kerry's election > would allow for some breathing room, give the left the space and > desire to really push for progressive change, etc. Three years later, I'm feeling much less friendly towards the Dems. I wanted to see Bush lose in 2004. Now I have a harder time getting excited, though I do think politics is ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 8 13:55:59 PST 2008