I do love Cornel West. - Democratic Underground

ulysses

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Fri Dec-16-05 11:03 PM
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I do love Cornel West.

The elites in the Democratic Party - especially in the Senate and the House - are not only liberal and centrist supporters of social equality and individual freedoms; more pointedly they are paternalistic nihilists who have become ineffectual by having bought intot he corruptions of the power-hungry system. Though they may wish that the system could be made to serve more truly democratic purposes, they have succumbed to the belief that a more radical fight for a truer democracy, battling against the corruption of elites, is largely futile. So they've joined the game in the delusional belief that at least they are doing so in the better interests of the public. Needless to say, they have much more to offer than Republicans, especially President Bush and his chief political strategist, Karl Rove, and they will play an indispensable role in the crucial anti-Bush united front needed to revitalize American democracy. Yet they are still more part of the problem than the solution to our impasse.

- from Democracy Matters

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BlueEyedSon

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Fri Dec-16-05 11:20 PM
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1. k/r

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welshTerrier2

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Fri Dec-16-05 11:20 PM
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2. deeply disturbing words

West captures a devastating criticism of the Democratic Party while recognizing their superiority to the republicans ...

in a culture so black and white, he's able to paint such deadly accurate pictures using only gray ...

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ulysses

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Fri Dec-16-05 11:26 PM
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3. yup.

The book's a pretty bracing read so far. It's the followup to Race Matters.

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RazzleDazzle

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Fri Dec-16-05 11:48 PM
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5. Yeah, I would expect West to be nothing if not bracing

:D

Pretty damn fine brace, at that.

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ulysses

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Sat Dec-17-05 12:02 AM
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6. well, sure.

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AuntPatsy

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Fri Dec-16-05 11:30 PM
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4. agree with you assessment of the article.

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StellaBlue

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Sat Dec-17-05 12:22 AM
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7. love him, love him, love him n/t

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babylonsister

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Sat Dec-17-05 12:41 AM
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8. Do you have a link? Is this the professor I've seen on

Bill Maher? And when was this written? I have to believe it's not so bad! I'm feeling hope because of all the traps the repugs are involved in, most of their own making.

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ulysses

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Sat Dec-17-05 12:43 AM
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9. here.

http://www.cornelwest.com/ Not where I got the quote, though. I copied it from the book.

The book carries a 2004 copyright, and my copy is paperback.

As for Maher, I have no idea.

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babylonsister

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Sat Dec-17-05 01:05 AM
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10. Yep, the same bright and lovely man, I've seen him on Maher 2 times.

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