Huff Po: Geoff Garin, Clinton Chief Strategist, Once Called For Violent Revolution

[mod mom]

Geoff Garin, Clinton Chief Strategist, Once Called For Violent Revolution

The Huffington Post | April 30, 2008 12:09 AM


With 60s-era radicalism now a hot topic in the Democratic primary, it's worth noting the (amusing, ironic) history of Sen. Hillary Clinton's co-chief strategist Geoff Garin.

Philip Weiss, who attended Harvard with Garin more than 30 years ago, recalls that he was "a special guy -- softspoken, funny, brilliant. He was also a radical. In 1973, on an anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, Garin called for violent revolution in the United States" in the student paper, the Crimson:

...America and much of the world is living dangerously close to oppression. ... Whether Americans will soon become steadfast in their resistance to oppression depends on their coming to understand what resistance is all about. The way we celebrate the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party will gauge the depth of that understanding.... Freedom is on the wane in this country and repression is on the rise all over the world. We can no longer sit back and swap stories about the good old revolution. We have to start worrying about the present. On this anniversary we must recognize that the patriots of Boston acted wisely in overthrowing their oppressors and the time is come to express our confidence in what our forefathers did by doing it ourselves.
Following Agnew's resignation in 1973, Garin again spoke of revolution:

The government in Washington can not survive under these circumstances, and under these circumstances the government should not survive.... America will be governed in any case, but the question is by whom. If not by the people, then by a strong executive. These are revolutionary times, and we must decide now whom we want to win the revolution.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/30/geoff-garin-clinton-chief_n_99336.html

[Gloria]

1. I still do sometimes in very general terms....but I haven't BOMBED anybody or

prayed for MORE bombing after 911....

[mod mom]

3. Since the Clinton campaign & corporate media have gotten on Sen Obama's case for associates, then

this should be brought to light-imho

[leftofcool]

5. It's a non issue since it was a college newspaper OP

He didn't bomb anything. Many of us called for the same thing in the 60's

[mod mom]

7. So it's ok for Hillary to bring up Ayers who has nothing to do w the campaign but this should

not be brought to light? Oh more hypocrisy!

[leftofcool]

9. Bring it up all ya want, it's still a non-issue

[stillcool]

15. Funny how some things are a 'non-issue'

Who decides what is an 'issue?

Clinton Camp Pushes O-Bomber Links: Ignores Her Own Radical Ties
Clinton, Obama Spar on Ties to Radicals
By JUSTIN ROOD

Feb. 22, 2008—

The Hillary Clinton campaign pushed to reporters today stories about Barack Obama and his ties to former members of a radical domestic terrorist group -- but did not note that as president, Clinton's husband pardoned more than a dozen convicted violent radicals, including a member of the same group mentioned in the Obama stories.

"Wonder what the Republicans will do with this issue," mused Clinton spokesman Phil Singer in one e-mail to the media, containing a New York Sun article reporting a $200 contribution from William Ayers, a founding member of the Weather Underground, to Obama in 2001. (Obama's ties to the radical group first surfaced last week in a Bloomberg News article.)

In a separate e-mail, Singer forwarded an article from Politico.com reporting on a 1995 event at a private home that brought Obama together with Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, another former member of the radical group.
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In his final day in office, President Clinton pardoned another one-time member of the Weather Underground, Susan L. Rosenberg, after she had served 16 years in prison on federal charges.

Rosenberg had been arrested in 1984 while unloading 740 pounds of dynamite, a submachine gun and other weapons from the back of a car.
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And in 1999, President Clinton also pardoned 16 violent Puerto Rican nationalists responsible for more than 100 bombings of U.S. political and military installations, after they promised to renounce violence. The attacks reportedly killed six people and wounded dozens more. In justifying the pardons, President Clinton noted none of the men had been convicted of crimes that resulted in death or injuries.

[MagickMuffin]

6. Is your response in reference to Ayers?.?.?

Because if it is you are ILL informed.

[mattclearing]

12. That is a total distortion and an outright lie regarding Ayers.

Ayers never bombed "anybody." He phoned ahead to make sure the place was evacuated. He also never said anything about hoping for more bombs after 9/11. He said he didn't regret setting bombs, and that he felt he didn't do enough to stop the killing of millions of innocent people in the Vietnam War.

[leftofcool]

2. Did he bomb any building?

I didn't think so. Hell, most of us called for violent revolution in the 60's

[symbolman]

8. Gee, did Hillary bite the head off a Hamster in Public?

Hell, everybody bites the head off a live hamster now and then, its very common..

Bullshit, on top of it, like Hillary, the guy is boring and mediocre in his writing..

But Hillary, we must remember, Being Mediocre, is Trying Her Very BEST!!

She is a DINO, not just in name only, but with trite concepts that need a "Sauraus" at the end.. EgoaSauruas..

[SoFlaJet]

4. did you SEE the guy on MTP

a couple weeks back? LOL there's a guy who does NOT strike fears into your heart...he was like your old uncle that stutters

[mod mom]

10. If it was Obama's Chief Strategist you can bet this would be front & center in MSM but

since it is Hillary's (whose husband signed into law the Telecom Act of '96) Chief Strategist then it will be buried on the blogosphere. It's the hypocrisy of the media that is the issue.

[SoFlaJet]

14. yea you're right mom

no doubt it would be all over the place if it were an Obama associate. Just like how all the Clinton scandals from the 90's are mysteriously now "off limits" to even discuss, even though we all know they're there...fully vetted my ass

[Dyllyn]

11. Sounds like a great guy!! US troop deaths at 6 month high . let's get back to business

I am an Obama supporter but just as suggesting Bill Ayers has anything to do with Obama the Huff is out of line here . Big fucking deal what Ayers did . Bigger fucking deal what Wright thinks . And what Garin thought about in 1973 is also bullshit . Look at todays papers for heaven's sake . Troop deaths in iraq are at a six month high . The surge my ass . Get to work Dems . We forgotten what we fighting for .

[MagickMuffin]

13. The issues that Hillary likes to focus on, except when it's in her camp

:kick: & RRRRRR

[TragedyandHope]

16. Holding up the mirror

:kick: