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1801 Nader -- rank: 472

> > > He is a largely atheoretical > > fightoing people's lawyer with the notion taht the law should be used for > > the public interest and against the big boys. He doesn't have a view on > > the desirability of capitalism; his horizons don't go that far. > > Then why the fuck did ...

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Author:	C. Petersen
Date:	Wed Jun 10 10:52:51 PDT 1998

1802 nader -- rank: 472

DENNIS CLAXTON: >How many Americans think socialism means no cool cars and bad movies? > The fallacy reflected here also infects most of the posts on humor, white males, religion, abortion, etc, the fallacy that women and men are recruited to socialism the way they are moved to vote democrtic or republican ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Wed Jun 10 11:02:43 PDT 1998

1803 [lbo-talk] Nader, et al -- rank: 472

I guess I chose C. Others? > The choices for socialists are now either a) to merely observe political > life or abandon politics altogether for other pursuits, b) adapt to the > liberal parties and institutions which today form the only opposition to the > conservative ones and become leading figures within them, as ...

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Author:	Jim Straub
Date:	Wed Aug 8 08:52:23 PDT 2007

1804 [lbo-talk] Nader, et al -- rank: 472

On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 23:54 -0400, Doug Henwood wrote: > Domestic policy. The differences were much narrower in the 50s and > early 60s. Well, maybe -- but what are the glaring differences now? IIRC it was Clinton who ended "welfare as we know it," and Clinton who gave us NAFTA ...

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Author:	Michael Smith
Date:	Mon Aug 6 21:25:55 PDT 2007

1805 [lbo-talk] Nader, et al -- rank: 472

--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: "Domestic policy. The differences were much narrower > in the 50s and > early 60s." But what is meant by "domestic policy" -- abortion, prayer in school, homosexual marriage? These are manufactured issues, unlike foreign policy, trade policy, energy policy, national health and education policies, welfare ...

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Author:	Robert Wrubel
Date:	Mon Aug 6 21:32:30 PDT 2007

1806 [lbo-talk] Nader AZ Effort Piggybacks Anti-immigrant Initiative -- rank: 472

Nathan Newman wrote: >The petition collectors were working for a GOP outfit, and were collecting >signatures for two high-profile ballot initiatives. One is the "Protect >Arizona Now" initiative, which is an anti-immigrant effort. Fascinating. I wonder how Camejo feels about this? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jun 22 07:28:24 PDT 2004

1807 [lbo-talk] Ralph Nader, The Leftist Conservative: VIEW FROM THE RIGHT -- rank: 472

Michael Pugliese wrote: >http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/sparks/ Which cites this <http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37351> showing that not everyone subscribes to Yoshie's pal's description of Kerry as "far right": >ELECTION 2004 >Kerry ranks as Senate's 'most liberal' >National Journal vote ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 8 09:04:09 PST 2004

1808 [lbo-talk] Ralph Nader, The Leftist Conservative: VIEW FROM THE RIGHT -- rank: 472

http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/sparks/

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Mon Mar 8 08:29:01 PST 2004

1809 [lbo-talk] Iran and the Japanese Left (was Nader, et al) -- rank: 472

On 8/8/07, Marvin Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca> wrote: > The liberal left is hegemonic everywhere, and the socialist left is > politically homeless. This has been the case since the sharp decline of the > labour movement in the West and the subsequent restoration of capitalism in > the former Soviet Union ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Thu Aug 9 16:13:17 PDT 2007

1810 [lbo-talk] Re: Ralph Nader, Suicide Bomber -- rank: 472

A bit "Post hoc, ergo...," Doug? On Wed, 5 May 2004, Doug Henwood wrote: > C. G. Estabrook wrote: > > >I think the assertion, taken for granted here, that "the election of Bush > >would be worse for working-class, poor people and blacks" than that of > >Gore, is difficult to prove, at best ...

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Author:	C. G. Estabrook
Date:	Wed May 5 11:15:32 PDT 2004

1811 [lbo-talk] Nader et al -- rank: 472

Didn't you already leave the list permamently last month, in protest of Officer Henwood encouraging us not to advocate specific acts of attentat on the list? Heavens. Smart people on the list arguing! Intelligent folks having different points of view! Egads! It is pretty horrible. I'd like to announce ...

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Author:	Jim Straub
Date:	Wed Aug 8 16:28:44 PDT 2007

1812 [lbo-talk] Nader, et al -- rank: 472

Issues over which disagreement would be of interest. Troops stationed in Korea. Troops stationed in Western Europe. Nuclear Proliferation. Reduction of U.S. Nuclear weapons to minimum for retaliation. Troops stationed in Kuwait. National rail passenger system, seriously subsidized with federal funds. Nationalization of electric power. War-level spending in rehabilitation ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Tue Aug 7 07:24:13 PDT 2007

1813 [lbo-talk] Nader, et al -- rank: 472

Well, guys, there are more alternatives than (c)---joining the establishment Democrats and mounting criitque within. I am thinking of critique and education on the outside. There are huge numbers of people in the working class who may not be ready for the picket line, but there is a lot of ...

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Author:	Charles A. Grimes
Date:	Wed Aug 8 14:17:42 PDT 2007

1814 [lbo-talk] GOP donors funding Nader -- rank: 472

I think he was, pre-Dean. When it looked like the money that had been shoveled Kerry's way wasn't going to overcome Dean, the DLC folks panicked a bit and rushed Clark in; but then all came right in the end. --CGE On Sun, 28 Mar 2004, Doug Henwood ...

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Author:	C. G. Estabrook
Date:	Sun Mar 28 12:40:34 PST 2004

1815 Nader -- rank: 472

On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Doug Henwood wrote: Justin: > >substitute for national health. Ralph is is on the side of the angels, a > >real American hero. He has probably done as much for as many Americans as > >any living human being. > Doug: > Except for the folks who worked for him who ...

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Author:	Justin Schwartz
Date:	Wed Jun 10 11:41:57 PDT 1998