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  • From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] About the New Party, was Powell endorsement
  • Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:45:44 -0400


Bev; I gotta tell you, I've been going through pages and pages of this
right-wing crap looking for any evidence that Obama signed a contract
with New Party. The lack of logic is astonishing. OMG the things they
accept as "proof". This site:
http://whoistherealbarackobama.com/blog/2008/10/obama-signed-contract-with-the-socialist-new-party/

says "The blog site, Politically Drunk on Power (PDOP) has dug through
the archives and found that Barack Obama signed a contract with the
socialist “New Party” in 1996." It goes on to quote a description of
"fusion" which uses Obama as a HYPOTHETICAL candidate:

"As Erik Erickson at Human Events points out, “Fusion is a pretty simple
concept. A candidate could run as both a Democrat and a New Party member
to signal the candidate was, in fact, a left-leaning candidate, or at
least not a center-left DLC type candidate. If the candidate — let’s
call him Barack Obama — received only 500 votes in the Democratic Party
against another candidate who received 1000 votes, Obama would clearly
not be the nominee. But, if Obama also received 600 votes from the New
Party, Obama’s New Party votes and Democratic votes would be fused. He
would be the Democratic nominee with 1100 votes.”

There ya go, proof positive that Obama signed a contract with New Party.
Um....except that Obama DIDN'T run as a New Party candidate.I don't
think 'fusion' was ever even allowed. Shesh. I went to the Politically
Drunk on Power (PDOP) site and they have NP claiming Obama as a member,
but nothing about him signing a contract.

If you look at the New Party newsletters that they site as "proof", they
give a description of the candidates. One candidate is described as
"certainly not foreign to Chicago DSA" and goes on to describe him being
a frequent speaker. The description of Obama doesn't list any connection
at all, not even membership, to DSA or NP, just that they endorse his
candidacy.
http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng45.html

Well, I've convinced myself that there is no proof that Obama signed any
contract. On these sites, apparently saying it makes it true. Repeat it
enough times, and it's irrefutably true. If I read any more of this
crap, I'll barf. The circular reasoning and lack of facts takes my
breath away. These sites all take the same half-truth or outright lie
and run with it, then quote each other as proof. Some of the far left
stuff is vapid and air-headed, but this stuff is malicious.

Lynn Wigglesworth



EarthNSky wrote:
> Updated...link is at the end of the quote below..to my mind, this
> explains why Obama is a Democrat, not DSP or NP.
>
> Lynda wrote:
>> He changed his political registration to run for office. Just like
>> Reagan did. He was a registered Democrat and they wouldn't run him
>> for office, so he changed to the Republican Party.
>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "EarthNSky"
>>
>>
>> Ok, I guess I saw that as Democratic Socialist Party as opposed to
>> Democrat. If that is the case, then I apologize for my technical
>> error and misleading statements, but I do stand by my original
>> assertion that he is a socialist,
>
>
> The New Party was a radical left organization, established in 1992, to
> amalgamate far left groups and push the United States into socialism by
> forcing the Democratic Party to the left. It was an attempt to regroup
> the forces on the left in a new strategy to take power, burrowing from
> within. The party only lasted until 1998, when its strategy of "fusion"
> failed to withstand a Supreme Court ruling. But dissolving the party
> didn't stop the membership, including Barack Obama, from continuing to
> move the Democrats leftward with spectacular success.
>
> Erick Erickson, editor of RedState, explained fusion in a Human Events
> article:
>
> Fusion is a pretty simple concept. A candidate could run as both a
> Democrat and a New Party member to signal the candidate was, in fact, a
> left-leaning candidate, or at least not a center-left DLC type
> candidate. If the candidate -- let's call him Barack Obama -- received
> only 500 votes in the Democratic Party against another candidate who
> received 1000 votes, Obama would clearly not be the nominee. But, if
> Obama also received 600 votes from the New Party, Obama's New Party
> votes and Democratic votes would be fused. He would be the Democratic
> nominee with 1100 votes.
>
> The fusion idea set off a number of third parties, but the New
> Party was probably the most successful. A March 22, 1998 In These Times
> article by John Nichols showed just how successful. "After six years,
> the party has built what is arguably the most sophisticated left-leaning
> political operation the country has seen since the decline of the
> Farmer-Labor, Progressive and Non-Partisan League groupings of the early
> part of the century .... In 1996, it helped Chicago's Danny Davis, a New
> Party member, win a Democratic congressional primary, thereby assuring
> his election in the majority-black district .... The threat of losing
> New Party support, or of the New Party running its own candidates
> against conservative Democrats, would begin a process of forcing the
> political process to the left, [Joel] Rogers argued."
>
> Fusion, fortunately for the country, died in 1997. William
> Rehnquist, writing for a 6-3 Supreme Court, found the concept was not a
> protected constitutional right. It was two years too late to stop Obama.
>
>
>
> from the leftist publication New Ground 42, in 1995, before Obama had
> run for office. (emphasis added)
>
> About 50 activists attended the Chicago New Party membership
> meeting in July. The purpose of the meeting was to update members on
> local activities and to hear appeals for NP support from four potential
> political candidates. The NP is being very active in organization
> building and politics. There are 300 members in Chicago. In order to
> build an organizational and financial base the NP is sponsoring house
> parties. Locally it has been successful both fiscally and in building a
> grassroots base. Nationwide it has resulted in 1000 people committed to
> monthly contributions. The NP's political strategy is to support
> progressive candidates in elections only if they have a concrete chance
> to "win". This has resulted in a winning ratio of 77 of 110 elections.
> Candidates must be approved via a NP political committee. Once approved,
> candidates must sign a contract with the NP. The contract mandates that
> they must have a visible and active relationship with the NP.
>
> The political entourage included Alderman Michael Chandler, William
> Delgado, chief of staff for State Rep Miguel del Valle, and
> spokespersons for State Sen. Alice Palmer, Sonya Sanchez, chief of staff
> for State Sen. Jesse Garcia, who is running for State Rep in Garcia's
> District; and Barack Obama, chief of staff for State Sen. Alice Palmer.
> Obama is running for Palmer's vacant seat.
>
> Barack Obama entered electoral politics as a member of a radical marxist
> group aimed at gaining control of the Democratic Party in order to
> implement a hardline version of socialism in America. He signed a
> contract promising to maintain a visible relationship. The candidate
> should be pressed by McCain/Palin to reveal that contract and proclaim
> his adherence to New Party goals before the American people approve him
> for our highest office.
>
> http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/10/archives_prove_obama_was_a_new.html
>
>
>
>
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