The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
October 1, 2008 -- Volume 14, Number 17


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Glenn Greenwald p. 1
The GOP’s cheerful viciousness

EDITORIAL p. 2
Republican rebrand

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
What Palin choice says about McCain; Middle-class reality; Guilt by association; Protecting vote integrity; FDA?gives in to food torturers; Prof. Bush’s Econ 101.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Buy local for James

DISPATCHES p. 5
Fannie Mae bailout; Snarks attack Barracuda; Cut welfare, go to hell; AK labor OKs Obama ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
Don’t they have birth control in Alaska?
ROBIN BAGLEY p. 6
It’s high time to fix broken trade policy
ALAN KESSELHEIM p. 6
The less you have, the less you have to lose
GENE LYONS p. 7
The role of a lifetime
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Lubricating a movement’s machinery
DAVE ZWEIFEL p. 7
Race not a factor? Think again
MIKE MADDEN p. 8
McCain to Obama: Do as I say, not as I do
JOAN WALSH p. 9
Pit bull in lipstick?
JOHN NICHOLS p. 9
The ‘Troopergate’ problem
CHARLES CULLEN p. 9
Why Republicans should be spooked

JIM CULLEN p. 10
Palin’s past is target-rich

BOB BURNETT p. 11
Three elephants in the room
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
Unbearable lightness of being Sarah Palin
PAUL ROGAT LOEB p. 11
Rovian politics chose Sarah Palin
WALTER SHAPIRO p. 12
McCain, GOP Top Gun at last
JOE CONASON p. 12
An empty speech by McCain
ALEX KOPPELMAN p. 13
My convention is bigger than yours
DEAN BAKER p. 13
McCain wants to drill in your toilet, part 2
ART CULLEN p. 13
A vote against biofuels

PETER CARRELS p. 14
Going backwards: building a refinery in S.D.
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Building the bridge
JIM CASTAGNERA p. 14
Education—civil rights of the 21st century

ANDREW GREELEY p. 14
Amazing grace at work in Dem hugfest
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Winning the gold

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Health care comes down to dollars

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
John McCain and the romance of war

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 16
Obama’s theory of government

DENNIS KUCINICH p. 16
Wake up, America! (see the video or the text)
JOHN BUELL p. 17
Laboring through Labor Day

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon p. 17
Beyond the conventions
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Card-check bill: biggest reform since New Deal
AMERICAS/Roberto Rodriguez p. 18
Questions journalists never ask
A. COCKBURN & J. ST CLAIR p. 18
One cheer for Sarah Palin
ROSIE SORENSON p. 19
Cure for a boring drive
ROBERT WEISSMAN p. 19
Celebrate, don’t mourn, WTO collapse
TED RALL p. 19
Sarah Palin, queen of the nobodies
JIM LEACH p. 20
The Republican case for Obama (see the video or the text)
BRIAN SCHWEITZER p. 20
Change for energy independence (see the video or the text)
MICHAEL MOORE p. 21
My favorite former Democrat?
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
It’s broke, let’s fix it; Blood suckers

POPULIST PICKS/Rob Patterson
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Gustav and the Dome
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Why we were falsely arrested
GARRISON KEILLOR p. 22
Who wants to see Palin as the next prez?
DONALD KAUL p. 23
Real contest starts now
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Washington moves to reform Wall Street


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