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Little Star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-01-08 09:35 AM
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Obama's Advisors and Obamanomics
Very interesting article. At the end of article Joseph wishes he had supported Hillary Clinton.

Cannonfire Website
Joseph Cannon

Obamanomics:

Would progressives continue to support Barack Obama if they knew more about his advisers?

Austan Goolsbee, his economics guru, came into the news recently for the role he played in the Canada/NAFTA flap. As you will recall, Goolsbee privately assured the Canadian consulate that Barack Obama's denunciation of NAFTA was nothing more than an exercise in election-year theatricals. When caught, he deceptively denied being on Team Obama -- even though he is and has been for years. He didn't mind being called Obama's "chief economics adviser" in this interview.

Goolsbee is an economist with the University of Chicago, home of Friedmanism. He has joined both Skull and Bones and the DLC. Those resume items don't bother me much, but I am surprised that they have not set off the usual paranoia alarms throughout blogland.

So why aren't the so-called "progressives" screaming about this guy? (By the way: I'm perfectly aware that he also offered informal advice to Kerry and Bill Clinton.

http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2008/03/obamanomics.html
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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-01-08 09:45 AM
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1. Could it be Hilary hate has so blinded Progressives they are
willing to lose the GE in order to stop HRC.

Anyone who has studied anything at all know the Progressives
have exchanged DLC for Conservative Democrats being in control.

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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-01-08 11:03 AM
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