[lbo-talk] liberals

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Oct 2 19:41:55 PDT 2007


On Oct 2, 2007, at 8:22 PM, bitch at pulpculture.org wrote:


> reading something about Henry Howell, who ran for governor of VA three
> times. He was fond of saying, "A Liberal in Virginia is someone who
> believes in life after birth."

He ran when I was in Charlottesville. He was about the only trace of Southern populism in Virginia politics - some of my pals in C'ville ("don't take the -harlot- out of Charlottesville!") admired him. But he always got trounced.

Doug



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