Woolsey is not progressive because she's in a safe progressive district. She is way to the left of her district, which I used to live in.
Gene On Oct 20, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Robert Naiman wrote: > It's true that LW is not running for re-election. The point is that LW > is one of the most progressive members of Congress, precisely because > she represents one of the most progressive districts. She is > progressive on issues that people are mobilized on and following, like > ending the war in Afghanistan. People are not mobilized around and > following Bahrain. If they were, she would be better on the issue. > > 95% of Congress would have been happy to live with Mubarak forever. > When Americans saw Egyptians on TV demanding their freedom, it was a > new story. > > Unfortunately, the fact that some folks are willing to assume that > Woolsey is good on this issue, just because she is "one of the most > progressive Members of Congress," is itself evidence of a key problem > we face. With 95% of Congress, it doesn't work like that. You have to > fight each thing anew. She's no Dennis Kucinich, nor even a John > Conyers. > > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Eugene Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: >> When I wrote that Robert Naiman's post was very strange I was thinking that >> Lynn Woolsey is one of the most progressive representatives in Congress, and >> for Naiman to jump to his interpretation of her statement in Bahrain was >> strange. And then to preface his post with the bit about her safe voting >> district, suggesting that she was in so safe a district that she didn't have >> to kowtow to the right was even more strange, for she is not running for >> re-election in the first place. I read the report Naiman cites as what he >> relies on and make the inference that there was real difficulty in language >> understanding in the meeting described. Naiman should look at this again. >> Gene >> >> On Oct 20, 2011, at 12:49 PM, ken hanly wrote: >> >> The sale approval has been postponed >> http://www.arabianbusiness.com/us-delays-53m-arms-deal-bahrain-426333.html >> >> The Obama administration has agreed to delay a $53m arms sale to Bahrain >> pending the outcome of a local investigation into alleged human-rights >> abuses since an uprising in February. >> >> Among other reasons for the postponement was a letter asking for it from 5 >> Democratic senators. However human rights organisations had asked for the >> deal not to go ahead as well. >> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204774604576627470496026438.html >> >> he State Department had no immediate response to the letter, sent by >> Democratic Sens. Richard Durbin of Illinois, Benjamin Cardin of >> Maryland, Robert Menendez of New Jersey, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Bob Casey >> of Pennsylvania. Mr. Durbin is the assistant Democratic leader in the >> Senate. >> >> Of course none of this excuses the actions of the representatives Naiman >> discusses. Although the inquiry into torture etc. was set up by the king >> apparently some rights groups nevertheless approved of it from some reports >> I saw. Personally I would be very suspicious of the inquiry.. >> Cheers, ken >> ________________________________ >> From: Robert Naiman <[email protected]> >> To: Progressive Economics <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 12:25:15 PM >> Subject: [Pen-l] Woolsey and Payne Coddle Dictator in Bahrain >> >> Some of the most progressive congressional districts in the country, >> districts that won't elect a Republican unless the Democratic >> incumbent is caught red-handed in a major crime the week before the >> election, are represented by people who, when the curtains of big >> media are drawn, oppose the basic human rights that most Americans >> take for granted. >> >> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/bahrain-us-relations_b_1021650.html >> >> >> -- >> Robert Naiman >> Policy Director >> Just Foreign Policy >> www.justforeignpolicy.org >> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> >> > > > > -- > Robert Naiman > Policy Director > Just Foreign Policy > www.justforeignpolicy.org > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
