tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post116274090101685994..comments2023-11-30T04:19:29.368-06:00Comments on ILLINOIZE: Rich Whitney and Daniel DeLeonRich Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05405714376169753223noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1162922405309478172006-11-07T12:00:00.000-06:002006-11-07T12:00:00.000-06:00Sure,,, but you never saw Whitney carrying a Red F...Sure,,, but you never saw Whitney carrying a Red Flag in a Gay Pride Parade during those 18 years with the SLP?<BR/><BR/>The old SLP comrades weren't too cool with that...Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1162915877751235312006-11-07T10:11:00.000-06:002006-11-07T10:11:00.000-06:00Actually Whitney AND the Illinois Green Party marc...Actually Whitney AND the Illinois Green Party marched in the Gay Pride Parade in Chicago; and in fact, Dan Rodriguez-Schlorff, the Green Party's candidate for Illinois Governor, is the first openly gay candidate to run for statewide office in Illinois. Whitney is ON RECORD as supporting marriage equality. This is another "red herring."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1162839469157888232006-11-06T12:57:00.000-06:002006-11-06T12:57:00.000-06:00Topinka and Blagojevich have long long records.Ask...Topinka and Blagojevich have long long records.<BR/><BR/>Ask Whitney what the SLP's position was on same-sex marriage or Gay Rights while he was editor of <EM>The People?</EM><BR/><BR/>It's not Red baiting I suspect Whitney's trying to hide. It's a long association with a pretty socialy conservative bunch of men by and large.<BR/><BR/>That's what's sort of comical about this all... JBT and Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1162834560761487062006-11-06T11:36:00.000-06:002006-11-06T11:36:00.000-06:00I think we should all look into what Topinka and B...I think we should all look into what Topinka and Blagojevich were doing 14 years ago. I mean we don't see ANYTHING at Project Vote Smart! Why didn't they disclose this to the public. Oh my gosh, I'm so worried about them being so dishonest about this, that I'm going to have to vote for that Nuke guy. Come on, get real--when asked, Whitney answered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1162821491480827912006-11-06T07:58:00.000-06:002006-11-06T07:58:00.000-06:00...and to suggest that they will be far bigger tha...<EM>...and to suggest that they will be far bigger than the massive drug benefit is ludicrous.</EM><BR/><BR/>I think they'll grow just like IRA's did Larry. It's a real sleeper slipped into the legislation.<BR/><BR/>From an Illinois perspective, I wish JPT had latched onto Romney's plan as a compliment to it.<BR/><BR/>Of course, there is a solution here to the Illinois pension crisis too.<BR/><Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1162791461500024302006-11-05T23:37:00.000-06:002006-11-05T23:37:00.000-06:00Bush got us Health Savings Accounts in the Medicar...Bush got us <A HREF="http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/public-affairs/hsa/" REL="nofollow">Health Savings Accounts</A> in the Medicare reforms of 2003. It will be far bigger then the drug benefit and the way we'll be paying for health care in ten years when combined with some Federal version of the Romney's Health care reform.<BR/><BR/>It's another step towards turing Americans from wage earners (Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1162781399813980732006-11-05T20:49:00.000-06:002006-11-05T20:49:00.000-06:00Look...I'm right leaning enough so that, theoretic...Look...I'm right leaning enough so that, theoretically, when I hear "socialist", I immediately demand a trial. <BR/><BR/><BR/>But for some odd reason, <B>I don't care</B>. Not in the least. Not a bit. Not a hair. 0. Zip. Zilch. Nada. None. <BR/><BR/>To me, it's just another election year gag.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1162768076812038682006-11-05T17:07:00.000-06:002006-11-05T17:07:00.000-06:00He might have just forgotten - really. If he never...He might have just forgotten - really. <BR/><BR/>If he never ran on any socialist ticket or anything. Maybe, he belonged like most Knights of Columbus members sem to do.<BR/><BR/>I thik that off-the-reservation Democrats are far more dangerous as they give the Commies some credibilty to the more tweedy-& turtlenecktypes.pathickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051997614374510451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1162763711314177272006-11-05T15:55:00.000-06:002006-11-05T15:55:00.000-06:00Pat, I just wish he had acknowledged it instead of...Pat, I just wish he had acknowledged it instead of having to be outted about it.Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1162761961848315222006-11-05T15:26:00.000-06:002006-11-05T15:26:00.000-06:00Hell, at least Rich Whitney belonged to the Social...Hell, at least Rich Whitney belonged to the Socialist Party and didn’t merely play ball with them to advance his political career. He belonged and he quit. He joined Green.<BR/><BR/>There are members of my Democatic Party and even some loopy Republicans - the smarter than God - limosine liberals - who play ball with radical Leftists and even Commies to weave a mantel of Progressive for their tinypathickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051997614374510451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1162755507315930192006-11-05T13:38:00.000-06:002006-11-05T13:38:00.000-06:00I read Whitney's letter of resignation from the so...I read Whitney's letter of resignation from the socialist labor party and towards the end he writes this:<BR/><BR/>"I shall work for socialism through more viable organizations and more promising pathways and methods."<BR/><BR/>He seems to have the momentum to do so now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1162754449657261322006-11-05T13:20:00.000-06:002006-11-05T13:20:00.000-06:00anon, He blonged to one of the quirkiest and oddes...anon, <BR/><BR/>He blonged to one of the quirkiest and oddest parties on the American Left. <BR/><BR/>If you're familiar with the left, it's not Whitney's socialism but his DeLeonism that's odd....<BR/><BR/>This would be like Blajojevich revealing hidden activism with William Jennings Bryan's free silver or Topinka coming out as hidden activist for the gold standard.<BR/><BR/>It's the admitting Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1162750516976476832006-11-05T12:15:00.000-06:002006-11-05T12:15:00.000-06:00Anonymous:The issue isn't the socialist involvemen...Anonymous:<BR/><BR/>The issue isn't the socialist involvement as so much the fact that Whitney purposely hid the truth from the voters.<BR/><BR/>He is running as the alternative and has now become more of the same. No where on his website or his Project Vote Smart profile is this affiliation mentioned. <BR/><BR/>If it was just a youthful indiscretion, why did he not inform the public?<BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1162748490277865112006-11-05T11:41:00.000-06:002006-11-05T11:41:00.000-06:00So, the Topinka camp has to go back nearly 14 year...So, the Topinka camp has to go back nearly 14 years in order to even find ONE negative on Whitney? LOL She must be getting incredibly desperate in these final days!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1162746332633369042006-11-05T11:05:00.000-06:002006-11-05T11:05:00.000-06:00anon, follow my link on Frank Zeidler and read the...anon, follow my link on Frank Zeidler and read the Milwaukee Journal's obit,<BR/><BR/><EM>Milwaukee has had non-partisan elections since 1912, but Socialism had developed a strong foothold in the largely German and working-class Milwaukee of the turn of the century, said Milwaukee historian John Gurda.<BR/><BR/>"They were creative; they were incorruptible; they were absolutely incorruptible; theyBill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1162745993985780272006-11-05T10:59:00.000-06:002006-11-05T10:59:00.000-06:00Looks like Whitney and Blago have a lot more in co...Looks like Whitney and Blago have a lot more in common than we thought. <BR/><BR/>Will make for tough choices for some people when they go to vote.<BR/><BR/>Blagojevich has my vote. He can get our socialist views out there and turn them into reality better than Whitney.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com