The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland

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November 1, 2012 -- Volume 18, Number 19

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Richard Eskow p. 1
The real incumbent is ‘plutocracy’

EDITORIAL p. 2
Lying shame; Good enough for gov’t work

JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Organic subsidiaries out parent conglomerates; Mitt supports what he opposed; GOP’s ‘ballot integrity’ ruse; Fracking liars; Tim Pawlenty finally reveals who he really is

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Tell Congress: farm bill needed

DISPATCHES p. 5
Lies shouldn’t win debate;
Bank is where the heart is;
Obama let Gov. ‘Etch A Sketch’ take control;
GOP: jobless rate has liberal bias;
Trumka: economy building momentum;
GM to add 2,000 jobs in Michigan;
Banksters face fraud allegations;
Ann Romney fears for Mitt’s mental well-being;
Ryan sees struggle of takers vs. makers;
Mitt bounces, Obama rebounds;
Some Repubs torn between hating Obama and loving Obamacare;
Dems look good in Senate races;
Dems have a shot at winning House;
Romney fumbles foreign policy speech;
Neocons applaud Romney;
Cole: Romney misunderstands Mideast;
Mitt also misunderstands Spanish budget crisis;
Obama's economic bright spot;
Voter registrtion fraud;
Congressman probes voter suppression;
Walker called to testify in corruption trial ...

FROMA HARROP p. 6
In politics, hate can backfire

ARI LEVAUX p. 6
The ‘truth’ about organic food

TOM BELL p. 6
The fight for life requires a tax on carbon

GENE LYONS p. 7
The end of the Southern Strategy

RON CARVER
The roots of voter suppression p. 7

DAVID SIROTA p. 7
The choice between automatons and leaders

ANDREW LEONARD p. 8
The billionaire Obama hate club

DEAN BAKER p. 9
Cracking down on Romney

JOSH KOSMAN p. 9
Romney’s Bain ‘harvested’ Sealy mattress co.

GENE NICHOL p. 9
Dixie poverty and politics

ROGER BYBEE p. 10
Big donors, ballot bandits hang over election

GREG PALAST p. 10
7 ways to beat the ballot bandits

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON p. 11
How about proposals to boost employment?

ROBERT B. REICH p. 11
Romney’s biggest problem is his own party

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 11
Forgotten and invisible

SAM PIZZIGATI p. 12
‘Self-made’ hallucination of America’s rich

MIKE LUX p. 12
Makers and takers

JOAN WALSH p. 13
Where was populist Obama at the debate?

ROBERT L. BOROSAGE p. 13
The etch-a-sketch debate

KAREN DOLAN p. 13
Biggest losers: Big Bird and American people

JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Bainport: A taste of the Romney economy

WENONAH HAUTER p. 14
Consumer choice: as American as apple pie

BOB BURNETT p. 14
Mitt channels Reagan, wins debate

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Disease amnesia: a new public health threat

SAM URETSKY p. 15
Get super-rich more involved in government

RAUL A. REYES p. 15
Romney’s losing bid to win the Latino vote

WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Rime of a not-so-ancient mariner

JOHN BUELL p. 16
A jobless future? Bank on it.

DONALD MCCARTHY p. 17
Guess who benefits from austerity?

SETH SANDRONSKY p. 17
Healing time

DON ROLLINS p. 17
A monument for Cesar Chavez

JOE CONASON p. 18
Looking for that ‘47%,’ Mitt?

TINA DUPUY p. 18
Beyond broken: Congress is morally bankrupt

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Barack to Mitt: Corporations run the economy

TED RALL p. 19
Is America’s decline inevitable?

ANDREW O’HEHIR p. 20
The right’s pop culture problem

ROBERT SCHEER p. 20
Sigh no more: no room to argue in debate

POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Man from Plains; The French Revolution; 2 days in New York; Bernie

ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Criminal finds

EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
It’s over: NFL’s union referees return to work

AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Expand the debate: This is what democracy looks like

CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Mitt Romney’s betrayal

WILL DURST p. 23
October surprises

POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
The tea party fade

Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen

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