[lbo-talk] The guy who 'blocked' John Lewis

Thomas Volscho Thomas.Volscho at csi.cuny.edu
Mon Oct 17 10:43:29 PDT 2011


Charles Garaspino's (a right winger no doubt!) book and it was reported in the NY Times (I would have to dig it up)...also Ron Suskind's new book describes the meeting:

http://books.google.com/books?id=GYaZj3l0VDwC&pg=PT51&dq=Johnny%27s+Half+Shell+Obama&hl=en&ei=zWicTvDzKcfc0QHKqOi_DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Johnny%27s%20Half%20Shell%20Obama&f=false

-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Doug Henwood Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 1:37 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] The guy who 'blocked' John Lewis

On Oct 17, 2011, at 1:28 PM, Thomas Volscho wrote:


> In a June 2007 meeting at a Washington, D.C. "power lunch" spot, Johnny's Half Shell, the heads of Lehman, Merrill Lynch, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns, and a former Federal Reserve Chair, Paul Volcker, were all beaming with joy. They were meeting with a young charismatic freshman Senator from Illinois. While Hillary Clinton may have been supported by a handful of other Wall Street power players, the great fear of the Wall Street establishment was that Hillary might turn her back on them once it became politically possible.

Where'd you get this? Not doubting - just curious.

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