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To: KLP who wrote (278215)11/2/2008 2:25:19 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793921
 
Re: The "Gamliel" story...It probably didn't get much traction because the Dems will NOT even hear of such a possibility, and the Repubs that aren't for Obama, are totally depressed at the thought that even though it is probably a true read of the situation, there is nothing much they can do about it.

Even those who think the worst of Obama think he is a narcissist rather than a visionary ideologue. If you believe that, then Obama will do whatever continues to bring him adulation, rather than risk unpopularity by bringing in too many left wing programs.

Besides, a tsunami of very real bad news will hit Obama as soon as he reaches the Oval Office. I literally have no idea how he will react.



To: KLP who wrote (278215)11/2/2008 3:22:50 PM
From: skinowski  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793921
 
there are tantalizing hints. Jacobsen invokes the communal property and absence of private ownership that prevailed among early Christians as a possible model.
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Although the Gamaliel agenda is deeply collectivist and redistributionist, organizers are schooled to frame their program in traditional American, individualist terms


They actually train their membership to hide their true political goals. Not very American, is it? Sounds almost medieval.