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The GOP Made the Theft of the Nation's Wealth Perfectly Legal at the Expense of America's Working Class: A BF Series

Submitted by meg on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 5:44am.

BuzzFlash Editor's Note: With great reluctance, BuzzFlash had to cancel the September 27th conference in Philadelphia focusing on why progressives should embrace issues of importance to the working class -- and why the two groups should find much common ground. The registration was just too low to justify continuing on with the groundbreaking day of investigating "The GOP War on the Working Class." If you want to know what we had planned, you can listen to this interview with me, Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash.com, with Bob Kincaid of Head-on Radio, about what we had in store: https://www.yousendit.com/download/bVlBUGhkdENuSlJFQlE9PQ.

But out of disappointment sometimes comes a renewed commitment. And BuzzFlash decided that it would turn the now-canceled conference into an online series on the GOP War on the Working Class, and the needs of America's eroding Middle Class. If you are a daily BuzzFlash reader, you will notice that we have begun posting more stories on this topic, and we are beginning an original content series on the issue. We will carry on this campaign online, and ask you not to pass up articles on the working class, like the one below, but to commit yourself to reading them and taking action to put working and middle class needs at the top of your progressive agenda.

Mark Karlin, Editor and Publisher, BuzzFlash.com

PART ONE OF A BUZZFLASH SERIES ON THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON THE WORKING CLASS
by Meg White

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John McCain's Strategy: Anybody's Guess -- Including John's -- But Clues Abound

THE FIFTH COLUMNIST by P.M. Carpenter

Question of the day -- Who knows the least about the national campaign strategy of John McCain and his advisers?

Is it members of the press corps covering John McCain, or people like me who frequently write about members of the press corps covering John McCain, or is it, maybe, both of us?

And then there is yet a fourth but much more intriguing option: Is it John McCain himself who knows the least about his campaign strategy?

"Know," that is, in the epistemological sense of knowing -- a sense that suggests a knowledge surpassing more than just, Oh yeah, I know this is what we're doing today, but as for tomorrow I haven't a clue.

What propelled my moment of searching doubt was the one-two punch of McCain's rambling Thursday ni

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Vice Presidential Candidates and Cultural Packaging

Submitted by BuzzFlash on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 5:56pm.
A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION
by Nikolas Kozloff

Last night, prior to Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican Convention, I was preparing an article arguing that John McCain's VP pick would lead to the implosion of the Republican Party and imminent defeat in the November election. After watching Palin deliver her speech however, I realized I would have to scrap my plans. While Palin certainly didn't say anything of substance, the Alaska governor was poised on stage and even managed to get in a couple of memorable zingers. Amongst the chattering classes on TV, the consensus seems to be that Palin vaulted over her first political hurdle and overcame initial widespread skepticism towards her candidacy.

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