C-Span 8:07 ET - Dionne discussing "Stand Up and Fight Back". Good.

[LittleApple81]

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Stand Up and Fight Back
C-SPAN, Washington Journal
E. J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post

He sounds very articulate and talking like a DUer.

[LittleApple81]

1. Discussing Hudson (Crisis magazine-on C-Span Wed I think).

Hudson attacked Dionne because he dared criticize Hudson as a mouthpiece for Bush, I think.

[LittleApple81]

2. The communion issue is a religious issue and should not be used

in politics (he asks what about the church's position on war and social justice?)

[Nlighten1]

3. Who is Dionne?

[LittleApple81]

4. From Brookings Institute site:

E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Senior Fellow: Governance Studies

Expertise
Community and civil society, elections, faith-based initiatives, ideology, journalism, politics, public opinion, role of religion in public life

Current Projects
Religion and Civil Society
Education
D.Phil., Oxford University, 1982; B.A., Harvard University, 1973

Background
Current Position: Columnist, Washington Post. Previous Positions: Reporter and Editorial Writer, Washington Post; Correspondent in Albany, Paris, Rome and Washington, New York Times; Guest Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center


Publications


Books:

"Lifting up the Poor: A Dialogue on Religion, Poverty, and Welfare Reform," co-editor with Kayla Meltzer Drogosz and Jean Bethke Elshtain (2003)

United We Serve: National Service and the Future of Citizenship, co-editor with Kayla Meltzer Drogosz and Robert E. Litan (2003)

Sacred Places, Civic Purposes: Should Government Help Faith-Based Charity? co-editor with Ming Hsu Chen (2001)

Bush v. Gore: The Court Cases and the Commentary, with William Kristol (2001)

What's God Got To Do with the American Experiment? co-editor with John J. Dilulio, Jr. (2000)

Community Works: The Revival of Civil Society in America, ed. (1998)

They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate the Next Political Era (Simon & Schuster, 1996)

Why Americans Hate Politics (Simon & Schuster, 1991)

more...
http://www.brook.edu/scholars/edionne.htm

[LittleApple81]

5. People, it is worth watching this. A smart, good liberal voice. n/t

[LittleApple81]

6. A catholic woman said the pope is living in the dark ages.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

7. Holy Shit-What a fucked up caller from Maryland!

Clinton is a felon and Kerry is a war criminal. An enlightened Rush listener no doubt...

[LittleApple81]

8. A RWinger saying that Clinton is a convicted felon and should not be

around children!!!!
That Kerry is a traitor.
Crazy repugs.

[LittleApple81]

9. He is a fair evaluator of the Pope's performance. And he is a Catholic.

[stanwyck]

10. Freep caller earns

today's wacko call. Kept shouting "Clinton is the scum of the earth." This is our opponent, people. Irrational. Doesn't have a clue of world events. But can scream about Clinton all day long. Probably doesn't miss Rush's show. Ever. When did being rightwing require losing most of your brain cells? The callers from the right are increasingly shrill and emotional without substance or reason.

[LizW]

13. I love those kind of callers

They show themselves for the idiots they are.

[LittleApple81]

11. A caller wants him to evaluate politicians in terms of character

to fulfill the needs of the country right now.

[LittleApple81]

12. He says that Edwards's formulation of two Americas is on point.

McCain is also good. But he does not want to endorse anybody. He likes Kerry, of course.

[LittleApple81]

14. Caller: Kerry and other such Catholics are cafeteria Catholics.

He takes communion in other churches, he is for abortion, etc. etc.
Dionne says a lot of conservatives are cafeteria Catholics (death penalty, and social justice issues)

[LittleApple81]

15. Teachings of Catholic church should be a "seamless garment"

including abortion, antiwar, and social justice issues.

[LittleApple81]

16. He has criticized Bush; he likes the idea of Air America because

it is a reaction of the liberals when they decided to stop being wimps.

[LittleApple81]

17. SORRY IF YOU MISSED IT. It was good. n/t