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8566 [lbo-talk] primary news -- rank: 1000

So BHO is now 7 points ahead of HRC: <http://www.gallup.com/poll/104407/Gallup-Daily-Tracking- Election-2008.aspx>. Meanwhile, we learn: <http://jezebel.com/357598/harold--kumar-get-bongwaterboarded> > Did you know Kumar from Harold & Kumar is an Obama supporter? Then > you also probably knew Harold & Kumar are going to Guantanamo Bay > this spring, just three days after the Pennsylvania primaries!

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 18 10:40:39 PST 2008

8567 [lbo-talk] another bad Obama video -- rank: 1000

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_JuE8CVzgs&eurl=http:// www.cogitamusblog.com/2008/02/go-obama.html>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 18 06:40:53 PST 2008

8568 [lbo-talk] How democratic is having "superdelegates"? -- rank: 1000

On Feb 17, 2008, at 4:46 PM, Michael Pollak wrote: > It's true that's was the origin of the system. (And I totally > agree with > your characterization of Ornstein and Mann as mainstream > apparachiks par > excellence.) But as I read it, O&M's main argument is that, in > their 25 > year history, the superdelegates have always voted for the candidate > winning the plurality of votes. And thus that their real function has > become to avoid bitter televised convent ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 17 14:20:34 PST 2008

8569 [lbo-talk] How democratic is having "superdelegates"? -- rank: 1000

On Feb 17, 2008, at 3:37 PM, Bill O'Connor wrote: > These "super" delegates are elected directly by the people or > appointed > by officials that are directly elected by the people. Just another > aspect of representative government, with the currently trendy > "controversy" much ado about nothing. So let's bring back the days when the Senate was elected by state legislatures! What's the diff? You don't think that elected officials have their own interests s ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 17 12:55:33 PST 2008

8570 [lbo-talk] Obama: beating black progressives -- rank: 1000

<http://warrenpeacemuse.blogspot.com/2008/02/mountains-from-mole- hills.html> SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2008 Mountains from Mole Hills Two relatively recent posts [see below - DH] here at Musings & Migraines regarding Barack Obama s run for the Illinois State Senate in 1995 have picked up a lot of attention of late. Those who ve expressed interest in those posts, which mentioned Obama s appearance at a meet-and-greet fundraiser for the candidate, hosted by Bill Ayres and Bernadine Do ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 17 12:51:19 PST 2008

8571 [lbo-talk] Obama and Clinton as party-line Democrats -- rank: 1000

On Feb 17, 2008, at 3:28 PM, Michael Pollak wrote: > Obama and Clinton have disagreed with each other on only three of > the 38 > key votes Congressional Quarterly identifies for each year and on > which > they both participated. Of those, only one - a 2005 bill limiting > class > action lawsuits, which Obama supported and Clinton opposed - could > be seen > as a clear ideological disagreement. This is deeply amazing stuff. But Hillary can't make women faint! [from WS ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 17 12:43:47 PST 2008

8572 [lbo-talk] the hyperbole continues: Obama = Mandela -- rank: 1000

On Feb 17, 2008, at 3:13 PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > I was "transcending race". > Which is never something White people are almost never described as > doing Of course. White people have no race! Just like men have no gender. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 17 12:23:25 PST 2008

8573 [lbo-talk] How democratic is having "superdelegates"? -- rank: 1000

On Feb 17, 2008, at 3:02 PM, Peter Lavelle wrote: > In my weekly television program at "Russia Today" I intend to > discuss "superdelegates." How democratic is this - since the US > has the terrible habit of telling the rest of world what democracy > should be.... Not at all. The whole point of the superdelegates is to counter the irresponsible choices of primary voters with responsible establishment opinion. Don't take my word for it - here's the argument fr ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 17 12:22:01 PST 2008

8574 [lbo-talk] Directors' Inspection Rights Deterred at WBAI (Pacifica) -- rank: 1000

Hmm, you'd almost think they have something to hide. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 17 11:45:51 PST 2008

8575 [lbo-talk] the hyperbole continues: Obama = Mandela -- rank: 1000

<http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/ NYTs_Keller_compares_Obama_and_Mandela.html> [Ben Smith] February 16, 2008 Read More: Barack Obama NYT's Keller compares Obama and Mandela The executive editor of The New York Times, Bill Keller, sees "unmistakable" similarities between the campaigns of Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela, he said in a podcast interview on the paper's website. The interview, done for the New York Times Book Review, is on the subject of Keller's young a ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 17 11:30:28 PST 2008

8576 [lbo-talk] Hillary's new right wing friends turn on her -- rank: 1000

<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8549.html> Clinton's right-wing media romance sours By: Ben Smith February 16, 2008 10:27 AM EST Over the course of her six years as a New York senator and in the early days of her presidential campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton cultivated an unlikely set of allies: the conservative media. From Rupert Murdoch to David Brooks to Matt Drudge, her campaign courted them with every instrument at its disposal, including targeted leaks and Bill Clinton ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Feb 16 08:03:37 PST 2008

8577 [lbo-talk] Eustice Mullins anyone? -- rank: 1000

On Feb 16, 2008, at 10:15 AM, Chris Doss wrote: > In reaction to what did Pearlstine make his bizarre > statement? It's really old and I should think about retiring it but it's too precious to let go of. I did a profile of Dow Jones that he didn't like that single him out for criticism. I've got to dig it out & post it sometime. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Feb 16 07:56:20 PST 2008

8578 [lbo-talk] Eustice Mullins anyone? -- rank: 1000

On Feb 16, 2008, at 12:31 AM, MK wrote: > In fact, I only get podcasts of BTN directly from BAI while those of > other shows (Democracy Now!, Counterspin, etc.) I get directly from > their websites. So I suppose the answer is no. > > Although at the behest of that kind voice at the start of each > podcast, I did make a contribution recently but never received a > response. I assumed I'd get some notification of membership but nada. > I just hope it didn't go into a black ...

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Date:	Sat Feb 16 05:26:14 PST 2008

8579 [lbo-talk] Eustice Mullins anyone? -- rank: 1000

On Feb 15, 2008, at 3:05 PM, MK wrote: > Stunning. What gives at BAI? The proverbial rotting fish head? > Possibly a topic for an entirely new thread... or listserve. Discretion prohibits my answering the question. But do you listen to the station much?

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 15 12:15:40 PST 2008

8580 [lbo-talk] at least he's black! -- rank: 1000

On Feb 15, 2008, at 11:20 AM, Julio Huato wrote: > Doug wrote: > >> There's just a 10% remnant: > > But sure, that remaining 10% is still uphill and full of dangers. > There's still much to do. But we should pay homage to those who > struggled before us, leading to the abolition of slavery and the > recognition of civil rights, already a long part of the way. > Approximately, like 89.99999999%, which we can safely round up to 90%. > > C'mon, it's a rhetorical ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 15 11:56:05 PST 2008