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To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (493746)	7/1/2012 10:13:52 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

Obama wants to build on the group rights FDR first created, and which were expanded in the 1960s, to impose a national version of Tammany on the entire country. Yes. I hope the Romney team can communicate some version of this. Something like: Obama likes to pretend he's FDR come again. But his real inspiration is Boss Tweed. Work some of those old Nast cartoons into the ad: Let Us Prey

To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (493746)	7/2/2012 7:30:30 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 793838

Boss Tweed gave Tammany Hall a bad name, but Honest John Kelly cleaned it up. Tammany served a useful function. Every neighborhood had its Tammany club, the purpose of which was to look after the residents in that district. >>In an example of their involvement in the lives of citizens, in the course of one day, Tammany figure George Washington Plunkitt assisted the victims of a house fire; secured the release of six "drunks" by speaking on their behalf to a judge; paid the rent of a poor family to prevent their eviction and gave them money for food; secured employment for four individuals; attended the funerals of two of his constituents (one Italian, the other Jewish); attended a Bar Mitzvah; and attended the wedding of a Jewish couple from his ward. en.wikipedia.org There wasn't a more honest candidate that ran for President last century than Al Smith, a product of Tammany. When he won his first term as Assemblyman in 1904 he was appointed to two committees - the Committee on Banks and the Committee on Public Lands and Forests. He remarked, " I had never been in a bank except to serve a jury notice, and I had never seen a forest.