George Romney, the father of Mitt Romney, once told his friends "I think you ought to listen to [Saul] Alinsky," according to a biography of the former Michigan governor and auto executive by T. George Harris. George Romney met Alinsky after the Detroit riots of 1967, when Romney was leading the state. "It seems to me that we are always talking to the same people," George Romney said afterward. "Maybe the time has come to hear new voices."
In the debate about what the left's antagonism toward Ron Paul says about the Democratic Party and progressive movement, Glenn Greenwald explains that it is possible to value Paul's voice on issues like war, indefinite detention, and executive power, but to decide he isn't worth backing in an election due to his personal flaws and right-leaning positions on other issues. He adds that, unfortunately, this isn't what the left is doing. "Despite vocally feigning grave concern about these issues during the Bush years," he writes "they are not a priority for many progressives precisely because they no longer provide any means of obtaining partisan advantage." read more
Lauer pressed Romney on whether there are fair questions on the distribution of wealth.
"I think it's fine to talk about those things in quiet rooms in discussions about tax policy," he said. "The president has made this part of his campaign rally. Everywhere he goes we hear him talking about millionaires and billionaires and executives and Wall Street, and it's a very envy-oriented attack-oriented approach, and I think it'll fail."
Responding to an unprecedented wave of Republican bills to drug test the poor and jobless receiving government benefits, some Democratic lawmakers have proposed legislation to require state politicians to pee in a cup. Tennessee state Rep. G.A. Hardaway (D) introduced a bill requiring members of the local legislature to prove they're not on drugs. "[Constituents] said to me, 'how do we know y'all aren't on drugs?'" Hardaway said. "I thought, well, you don't." read more
Efforts to amend the Constitution to declare that corporations are not people and money is not speech gained support in two notable New York forums this week. The New York City General Assembly of the Occupy Wall Street movement on Tuesday officially called for a constitutional amendment to overturn a controversial Supreme Court decision from 2010 . On Wednesday, a similar resolution passed the New York City Council. read more
#169 | Posted by BradfordWinston
What kind of name is Winston Bradford? I bet he loves cucumber sandwiches and tea.