<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479661388993_14306">The question, and I mean this in all sincerity, is whether serious and decent people should care who becomes the head of the DNC; or whether, given the financial basis for the DP, it doesn't really matter in the larger bourgeois scheme of things.</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> On Sunday, November 20, 2016 3:14 PM, Robert Naiman via Peace <peace@lists.chambana.net> wrote:<br></font></div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv0404142745"><div><div dir="ltr">I like Glen Ford as an individual human being. He's had me on his radio show. He's a very nice, affable guy.<div><br clear="none"></div><div>But as an authority on the topic at hand - and this piece is from three years ago - Glen Ford is not credible. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Anyone who thinks that there's not a dime's worth of difference between Ellison and McCain on war and peace is not a serious person. It's a free country. People can say whatever they want. You can be a Truther, a Birther, an anti-vaxxer. But, given that people have other things to do with their lives, people who are serious shouldn't waste time with such things. And, of course, people who support the Green Party are not meaningful authority on the affairs of progressive Democrats. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Here are the three serious candidates. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><a href="https://theintercept.com/2016/11/15/race-for-next-dnc-chair-is-between-americas-first-muslim-congressman-and-two-corporate-lobbyists/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">https://theintercept.com/2016/11/15/race-for-next-dnc-chair-is-between-americas-first-muslim-congressman-and-two-corporate-lobbyists/</a><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv0404142745gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="yiv0404142745gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Robert Naiman<br clear="none">Policy Director<br clear="none">Just Foreign Policy<br clear="none"><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br clear="none"><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br clear="none"><div><span style="text-align:left;">(202) 448-2898 x1</span><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div>
<br clear="none"><div class="yiv0404142745yqt3558223800" id="yiv0404142745yqt15402"><div class="yiv0404142745gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 2:58 PM, C. G. Estabrook <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:carl@newsfromneptune.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:carl@newsfromneptune.com">carl@newsfromneptune.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv0404142745gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;">“Ellison is part of the pro-war Left, whose primary mission is make self-described liberals and leftists comfortable supporting imperial wars.”<div><br clear="none"></div><div><a href="http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/rep-keith-ellison-personification-phony-pro-war-“progressive”" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://www.blackagendareport. com/content/rep-keith-ellison- personification-phony-pro-war- %E2%80%9Cprogressive%E2%80%9D</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>—CGE</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="yiv0404142745h5"><div>On Nov 20, 2016, at 2:43 PM, Robert Naiman via Peace <<a href="mailto:peace@lists.chambana.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:peace@lists.chambana.net">peace@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="yiv0404142745m_-7150399306290937187Apple-interchange-newline" clear="none"></div></div><div><div><div class="yiv0404142745h5"><div dir="ltr"><div>There is a central committee meeting on November 30. We'll be asking them to pass a resolution in support of Keith Ellison's candidacy to lead the DNC.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Here's our petition at MoveOn:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>@ChampaignCoDems: Back @KeithEllison for #DNCChair<br clear="none"></div><div><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__petitions.moveon.org_sign_champaigncodems-2Dback-3Fr-5Fby-3D1135580&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=ldAG6OBO8q4pxnelPFN8Fic5NhIlw3sy-8VE3aACTWY&s=weoxkRkaz0gRR-g7_Ka1nZIn_Ne3N3R6AqR8LNqENAo&e=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://petitions.moveon.org/ sign/champaigncodems-back?r_ by=1135580</a><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>===</div><br clear="all"><div><div class="yiv0404142745m_-7150399306290937187gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Robert Naiman<br clear="none">Policy Director<br clear="none">Just Foreign Policy<br clear="none"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.justforeignpolicy.org&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=ldAG6OBO8q4pxnelPFN8Fic5NhIlw3sy-8VE3aACTWY&s=hsuwGbaPcZQKKiXAikyH78K0FAuEqheMZSITRt7NhX4&e=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br clear="none"><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br clear="none"><div><span style="text-align:left;"><a href="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">(202) 448-2898 x1</a></span><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div>
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