[lbo-talk] Hillary news: "smart fences, " $1m fundraiser, The Edge

Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 24 08:34:42 PDT 2006


perhaps Hillary could import the Israeli wall to put it on the US/Mexico border. It's really a tragedy that they tore down the Berlin wall, since it too could be recycled, repositioned, and rebranded in this way ...

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down the Wall!" -- RR "Mr. Bush, build a new one, bigger and better" -- HRC

On 4/24/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> <http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238>
>
> 2008: Democrats:
>
> Michael Goodwin of the New York Daily News columnized on Saturday
> about Sen. Clinton's positioning on immigration (border security
> first, "smart fences" may be helpful, no need for the planned May 1
> boycotts) and came away impressed. LINK
>
> The New York Daily News' Derek Rose found an immigrant advocacy
> organization questioning Sen. Clinton's approach for a staggered
> reform effort. LINK
> Ian Bishop of the New York Posts Notes Sen. Clinton's re-election
> campaign's use of monster.com to help find some new staffers. LINK
>
> The Los Angeles Times reports that Sen. Clinton raised $1 million
> dollars in the City of Angels over the weekend. LINK
>
> Guests at Sen. Clinton's fundraiser included Jennifer Lopez, Marc
> Anthony, Billy Crystal, Rob Reiner, and The Edge.
>
> ----
>
> New York Daily News - April 22, 2006
>
> Border battler
> Hillary wants to build a U.S.-Mexico fence first - and she's right
>
> by Michael Goodwin
>
> Apart from a well-chosen warning about criminalizing Jesus [??], Sen.
> Hillary Clinton hasn't waded too deeply into the details of the
> immigration mess. Until now.
>
> In an interview Friday, she cited specific goals that could, and
> hopefully will, become the heart of bipartisan legislation that might
> actually fix this national crisis.
>
> A fence or a wall? She's for it.
-- Jim Devine / "There can be no real individual freedom in the presence of economic insecurity." -- Chester Bowles



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