[lbo-talk] Illinois as model for Democratic agenda

Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 14 07:27:44 PST 2006


maybe what the left needs now is good old-fashioned cronyism. We could use no-bid contracts to rake in a lot money, which we could then feed to grass-roots campaigns...

the ends justify the means, right?

On 2/14/06, andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well, avoidance of corruption, patronage, and cronyism
> would be a good start. Btw, Ryan hasn't been
> convicted yet either. I don't notice Rdo being accused
> to standing up to unjust imjunctions or gross
> violations of freedom ofs peech. As a criminal defense
> lawyer I'd work ona team defending Rod if he were
> indicted, as he may be. BUt it is insulting to Debs
> and and the brave unionists who defied federal
> strikebreaking injunctions to compare thir conduct to
> Rod's alleged cronyism, which does not, in addition,
> further the good fight but only, in classical Illinois
> fashion, benefits his pals. You really are suounding
> like Willie Stark, sorry, Nathan. I support good
> Democratic legislation myself, but what's wrong withe
> the Obama, Danny Davis, John Conyers approach of
> promoting while staying on the right side of the law?
-- Jim Devine

Bust Big Brother Bush!



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