i'm really not sure why i would not take his comparison of himself to clinton and blair at more or less face value. especially if he is planning to retain the fascist police chief.
> From: "Nathan Newman" <nathan at newman.org>
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 10:46:02 -0400
> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
> Subject: Re: Nation endorses wanker Mark Green for NYC mayor
>
> Yes-- all to the nice rhetoric, just as Bush is a "compassionate
> conservative." What policies that Green is proposing- other than expanding
> health care for children, jailing abusive cops, defending labor unions right
> to organize, and expanding affordable housing - do people find so
> objectionable.
>
> I remember meeting with Doug near his home a couple of years back and he
> noted that a few years earlier, we couldn't have sat at the cafe without
> being harassed by street people. He noted this as a sign of Guiliani's
> repression, but he also enjoyed his latte as well. It would be politically
> stupid by Green to announce that his prime goal was to reverse every result
> of Guiliani's policies, including enjoying lattes at street cafes, instead
> of saying, as he has, that New York can enjoy safer streets without the
> excessive repression and police brutality that florished under Guiliani.
>
> Or is it a sign of progressive policy now to campaign for dangerous streets?
>
> Nathan
> nathan at newman.org
> http://www.nathannewman.org
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Johannes Schneider" <Johannes.Schneider at gmx.net>
> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 9:23 AM
> Subject: Re: Nation endorses wanker Mark Green for NYC mayor
>
>
> "Just as Clinton and Blair learned from Reagan but remained center-left
> leaders, I will keep the best of Giuliani's policies and go beyond him."
>
> -- Mark Green
>
> quoted in today's Washington Post
>
> Full text at:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6459-2001Aug13.html
>
>
>