<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1543" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=4>Nobody, not I, said he isn't a socialist. We just hadn't heard the basis for this. Where might we find the specifics of his socialist programs?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>Jesse Lemisch</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tfast@yorku.ca href="mailto:tfast@yorku.ca">tfast</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:46 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [lbo-talk] How come nobody talks about the New socialist senator</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just do not understand this line of attack.  The man does not shy away from the label of socialist, the policies he is pushing are to the Left of Canadian Social Democratic politicians so in my book that makes him a socialist of sorts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What do "real" socialists gain by saying Saunders is not a socialist?</FONT></DIV> <DIV>____________________________________<BR>Travis W Fast</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT size=4>I'm glad that Sanders was elected. But could somebody explain why he is being called a socialist? Is he a member of DSA, which doesn't necessarily make him a socialist.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>Jesse Lemisch</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <HR> <P></P>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>