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8671 [lbo-talk] last minute endorsement -- rank: 1000

On Feb 7, 2008, at 9:50 AM, B. wrote: > Ron Paul's > health care plan -- i.e., there is none Sure there is - the market will take care of it! Doug

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Date:	Thu Feb 7 07:16:15 PST 2008

8672 [lbo-talk] last minute endorsement -- rank: 1000

On Feb 7, 2008, at 1:18 AM, tully wrote: > But it does seem odd that there is so little talk of Ron Paul > here. He's a reactionary loon and a religious nut. Are you missing that? Or do you believe in the gold standard and a night watchman state? Doug

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Date:	Thu Feb 7 07:15:32 PST 2008

8673 [lbo-talk] Hillary's secret weapon: Chelsea! -- rank: 1000

[from Mike Allen's Politico Playbook] One top Clinton official who long ago chose to forgo her salary is former/maybe-future first daughter Chelsea Clinton, who took leave from her day-job finance gig at the end of 2007. The Clinton inner circle doesn't agree on much, but based on the crosstabs they all came to the same conclusion: The Chelsea experiment was a huge success. Hitting the trail solo and in earnest was a huge boon to her mom in the 15 Super Tuesday states Chelsea visited - esp ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Feb 7 07:10:33 PST 2008

8674 [lbo-talk] switcheroo! -- rank: 1000

Obama now leads Clinton in the electronic markets. Intrade has them at 57-43 in his favor!

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Date:	Thu Feb 7 05:18:10 PST 2008

8675 [lbo-talk] Ann Coulter loses it over McCain -- rank: 1000

<> From Goldwater Girl to Hillary Girl by Ann Coulter Posted: 02/06/2008 Nominating McCain is the gesture of a desperate party. Republicans are so shell-shocked and demoralized by the success of the Bush Derangement Syndrome, they think they can fool the voters by nominating an open-borders, anti-tax cut, anti-free speech, global- warming hysteric, pro-human experimentation "Republican." Which is to say, a Democrat. As the expression goes, given a choice between a Democrat and ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Feb 6 18:30:19 PST 2008

8676 [lbo-talk] Naomi Klein Goes Daft -- rank: 1000

On Feb 6, 2008, at 6:37 PM, ken hanly wrote: > It would have been much more informative if Klein > had given the sort of figures that Doug gives. What > explains the sudden shift in the ratio in Great > Britain? Thatcherism/Blairism. > Are there shifts upward in the ratio in > developing countries such as China or Brazil? No doubt. Check out the movements in the ginis.

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Date:	Wed Feb 6 15:58:07 PST 2008

8677 [lbo-talk] Count Copula and the "yes we can" speech -- rank: 1000

On Feb 6, 2008, at 4:47 PM, Shane Mage wrote: > Whatever one thinks of Obama, he certainly is neither "ignorant," > "illiterate," nor a "millionaire." I agree on the first two, but didn't his corrupt real estate pal make him the third, via a fortunate housing transaction? Doug

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Date:	Wed Feb 6 15:13:25 PST 2008

8678 [lbo-talk] I hope you all vote(d) for Obama -- rank: 1000

On Feb 6, 2008, at 3:58 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > Is what they're saying about Obama and the youth vote a factor? That > might account for some of the fan flavor. It is a factor, but I don't think the youth turnout was particularly high. Doug

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Date:	Wed Feb 6 13:06:53 PST 2008

8679 [lbo-talk] Obama's inaugural address: make change our friend! -- rank: 1000

On Feb 6, 2008, at 1:39 PM, John Gulick wrote: > (Cue Suicidal Tendencies' "Institution"...) Excellent idea! Heading over to iTunes now.

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Date:	Wed Feb 6 10:50:23 PST 2008

8680 [lbo-talk] Obama's inaugural address: make change our friend! -- rank: 1000

On Feb 6, 2008, at 1:32 PM, Charles Brown wrote: > So, does this mean you think Obama could actually win in racist > America ? Seems like you are really worried that Obama might win. Of course he could win. I think the next president is likely to be a Dem, regardless of whom they nominate. Obama doesn't have trouble getting the votes of white Democrats; he makes them feel good by saying race doesn't matter anymore. They can feel a burst of self- satisfaction and pride when they pull th ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 6 10:49:56 PST 2008

8681 [lbo-talk] "yes we can" -- rank: 1000

On Feb 6, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Dennis Perrin wrote: >> And watching this video I learned that the words come from BHO >> himself: >> >> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY>. >> >> God that's awful. > > But incredibly slick and effective. One can appreciate first-rate > propaganda > without succumbing to its lure. I don't see this as first rate propaganda. I see it as pure schlock. If I want first-rate propaganda, I'll watch Triumph of t ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 6 10:13:15 PST 2008

8682 [lbo-talk] Obama's inaugural address: make change our friend! -- rank: 1000

I can hear it now! > My fellow citizens: > > Today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal. > > This ceremony is held in the depth of winter. But, by the words we > speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring. > > A spring reborn in the world's oldest democracy, that brings forth > the vision and courage to reinvent America. > > When our founders boldly declared America's independence to the > world and our purposes to the Almighty, they kn ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 6 10:05:45 PST 2008

8683 [lbo-talk] Naomi Klein Goes Daft -- rank: 1000

On Feb 6, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Jerry Monaco wrote: > I though we had already agreed on this list that elections don't > reflect the popular will, at least when it comes to policy questions. > > Doug you may be right but I think you are practicing avoidance. The > 1896 election was massively exclusive in many ways. Yeah, sure, but if there were really a strong majority favoring redistribution it would have prevailed over those obstacles. There was a large base favoring some versio ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 6 09:58:23 PST 2008

8684 [lbo-talk] "yes we can" -- rank: 1000

Someone writes offlist: Begin forwarded message: > From: > Date: February 6, 2008 12:43:51 PM EST > To: dhenwood at panix.com > Subject: "yes we can" lyrics > > "It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and > pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness. " > > So much for that whole Native American slaughter thing. And watching this video I learned that the words come from BHO himself: <http://www.youtube ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 6 09:52:45 PST 2008

8685 [lbo-talk] Naomi Klein Goes Daft -- rank: 1000

On Feb 6, 2008, at 5:33 PM, farmelantj at juno.com wrote: > By the time that Bryan ran for president in 1896, the > populist movement had largely been absorbed into the > DP, that graveyard of radical movements. Before then, > the Populist Party had been one of the most successful > third parties in US history, sweeping local and state > elections through the farm belt states. Yeah, but it never caught on with the urban working class. Raise food prices! That's a winning stance ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 6 09:47:53 PST 2008