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To: Alighieri who wrote (702700)	3/5/2013 6:30:07 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572704

Al, The same ed klein that has been called a shoddy journalist? What does that prove other than you are looking for anything that supports your predispositions? ... says the guy who just posted something from Salon.com (specifically a far left-leaning contributor) to support HIS predispositions, hoping that no one could Google the source. Tenchusatsu

To: Alighieri who wrote (702700)	3/5/2013 7:08:31 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572704

What Obama Should Do Now By Robert Reich, Reich's Blog 05 March 13 hat should the President do now? Push to repeal the sequester (a reconciliation bill in the Senate would allow repeal with 51 votes, thereby putting pressure on House Republicans), and replace it with a "Build America's Future" Act that would close tax loopholes used by the wealthy, end corporate welfare, impose a small (1/10 of 1%) tax on financial transactions, and reduce the size of the military. Half the revenues would be used for deficit reduction, the other half for investments in our future through education (from early-childhood through affordable higher ed), infrastructure, and basic R&D. Also included in that bill - in order to make sure our future isn't jeopardized by another meltdown of Wall Street - would be a resurrection of Glass-Steagall and a limit on the size of the biggest banks. I'd make clear to the American people that they made a choice in 2012 but that right-wing House Republicans have been blocking that choice, and the only way to implement that choice is for Congress to pass the Build America's Future Act. If House Republicans still block it, I'd make 2014 a referendum on it and them, and do whatever I could to take back the House. In short, the President must reframe the public debate around the future of the country and the investments we must make together in that future, rather than austerity economics. And focus on good jobs and broad-based prosperity rather than prosperity for a few and declining wages and insecurity for the many. Robert B. Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, was Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration. Time Magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the last century. He has written thirteen books, including the best sellers "Aftershock" and "The Work of Nations." His latest is an e-book, " Beyond Outrage." He is also a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine and chairman of Common Cause.

To: Alighieri who wrote (702700)	3/6/2013 5:57:04 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572704

What does that prove other than you are looking for anything that supports your predispositions? Don't be a rube...no one buys a book that does not shock and klein is not immune from the practice. He's an opportunistic shock jock who is looking to profit with salacious speculation aimed at a receptive segment of the audience. Al The attacks and accusations made in this book are vicious.The constant obsession with Hillary's sex life or lack there of according to Ed Klein is unbelievable. The fact that Hillary knew lesbians and associated with lesbians while she was a student at Wellesley College in Massachusetts does not mean that she herself is a lesbian, but Klein simply will not drop the idea. So what if she hung out with people like Elaine Acheson, the granddaughter of former Secretary of State Dean Acheson who would late come out of the closet to divorce her husband and start a relationship with a woman? Well, that whole idea gets to the crevice of Klein's book. His thesis is that Bill and Hillary Clinton only got married in order to start a business relationship. There is no physical attraction between the two. Hillary just hitched her wagon to a man who wanted to be President in preparation of one day running for the office herself. voices.yahoo.com nytimes.com 216.170.225.17 Although many authors have taken aim at President Clinton, the time may be ripe for attacks on a potential future President Clinton: Edward Kline, author of "The Truth About Hillary," makes no excuses: He has said outright that he doesn't want Hillary Clinton, an expected frontrunner for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination, to be President of the United States. His book paints a picture of Senator Clinton as an arch-villain (much like her husband was portrayed time and again by the Republican extreme right); ruthless, calculating, and virtually evil. Remarkably, Klein does not mention a story where a sinister Senator Clinton ties a helpless orphan to the railroad tracks and snickers as a speeding locomotive approaches--but that's about the only thing she hasn't been accused of (yet).A Clinton spokesman said that Mr. Klein has written a book of vicious fabrications contrived by someone who writes trash for cash. I couldn't have put it better myself. If you still want to read it, save the $25: This bad boy is going to be on remainder selling for three bucks in the bargain section of your local bookstore faster than you can say "Clinton 2008."

To: Alighieri who wrote (702700)	3/6/2013 11:46:51 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572704

I read the book -- or most of it. It clearly wasn't authored with the impartiality of a Bob Woodward or Edmund Morris; in that it clearly presents the worst face of Obama. OTOH, most of it had the ring of truth to it. For example, the Jerimiah Wright section came across as dead on, word-for-word. And there is no doubt Bill Clinton would have referred to Obama as an "amateur". He was, and is, and Bill Clinton surely realizes that. Giving that speech at the convention must have killed him, but he had no choice in the matter; that speech was a critical point in Obama's winning re-election. I think it is as if Sean Hannity had written it -- factual, but very much designed to paint Obama in the most negative light possible.