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Clauder II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 1:27 AM Subject: [July30] #1 - Salon.com: In the shadows of the Republican Convention, By Arianna Huffington > July 30 in Philly - www.unity2000.com > > Arianna Huffington serves on the Board of Directors of the "Points of > Light Foundation," alongside ex-President George Bush. > > Sponsors of the foundation are a Who's Who of American > political/economic giants and the "military-industrialist complex," > including Texas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate George W. > Bush. > > None of Arianna's bios ever mention her ex-husband Michael Huffington, > their Texas oil-money fortune, or her ranking by Forbes as one of the > world's richest women. > > Documentation follows in a subsequent email post. > ========================= > http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/08/02/shadow/index.html > > In the shadows of the Republican Convention > > The notoriously poor town of Camden -- ironically the site of the GOP > fete -- is living proof of everything our politicians are ignoring. > > - - - - - - - - - - - - > By Arianna Huffington > > Aug. 2, 2000 | PHILADELPHIA -- On Sunday, the 2000 Republican National > Convention kicked off with an evening called "Indifference With a > Purpose." Actually, that wasn't the official name, but it was certainly > the spirit of the opening gala held on the newly renovated waterfront in > Camden, N.J. -- just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. > Celebrating conventioneers were treated to fireworks, a laser show, a > parade of lighted boats -- and the complete absence of anything that > might remind them of the flip side of our ongoing prosperity. > > (clip) > > Yet Camden is where the Republican National Convention decided to hold > its welcoming ceremony. And it did so without even a "compassionately > conservative" nod to the ugly reality behind the Potemkin front. That > willfully unthinking gesture is both a symbol of why I've taken to > calling myself a "recovering Republican" and the raison d'etre for the > shadow conventions. > > These alternative gatherings (currently paralleling the GOP fete in > Philly and soon for the Democrats in Los Angeles) are being brought to > you not by the good people at Philip Morris, AT&T, GM and Texaco, but by > a collective longing to fix our political system. The goal is to > generate a national conversation on three urgent issues frozen out of > the officially sanctioned debate: the corrupting influence of money in > politics, the persistence of poverty in the midst of unprecedented > prosperity and the failed drug war that remains unaddressed because > there is no constituency with a financial stake in addressing it. > > (clip) > > We will never find the collective will to move beyond political > platitudes about "leaving no one behind" until we've loosened the grip > of what McCain calls the "iron triangle of lobbyists, big money and > legislation." Nor will we move beyond bellicose bromides about "getting > tougher" on drugs while more than 400,000 Americans are locked up in > jail for nonviolent drug offenses, and alarming numbers of > African-Americans have been disenfranchised for life under the Jim Crow > laws otherwise known as the war on drugs. > > The shadow conventions are about this other America: the 99 percent of > Americans who have not contributed to a political campaign; the more > than 70 percent of Americans who favor treatment over incarceration for > nonviolent drug offenders; the more than 60 percent of us who believe > that government today is being run not for the benefit of the people but > for the benefit of special interests; the more than 50 percent of > Americans who are not planning to vote in November; the more than 20 > percent of our country's children living below the poverty line. > > (clip) > > salon.com | Aug. 2, 2000 > > - - - - - - - - - - - - > > About the writer > Arianna Huffington is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of > seven books. Her eighth book, "How to Overthrow the Government," was > published in February by > Regan Books (HarperCollins). > > Related stories > > Hard time for soft crimes > Two million Americans arem locked up, most for nonviolent drug offenses. > Some maverick Republicans -- yes, Republicans -- are trying to change > that. > By Bruce Shapiro > 07/31/00 > > Table Talk > The two-party system needs more parties! 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