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[Harold] Ickes is Clinton's not-so-secret weapon
LA Times ^
| March 31, 2008
| Peter Nicholas
Posted on 04/01/2008 6:47:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Harold M. Ickes never forgets a favor, especially if he's the one who did the favor. So the veteran political operative made sure that, when the time was right, he alone would call Garry Shay, former chairman of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party... And once Ickes started calling, he didn't stop until Shay said the words Ickes wanted to hear -- that he would support Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York at the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August... the man in charge of Clinton's feverish effort to lock up superdelegates is Ickes, whose enthusiasm for no-holds-barred politics sometimes rattles friends and foes alike. Ickes once got so carried away that he bit another political operative on the leg... Aggressive, profane, openly scornful of rivals, Ickes rules Clinton's superdelegate operation with an intimidating style and a mythic persona... He is the son and namesake of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's famously irascible Interior secretary... He worked in Sen. Eugene McCarthy's 1968 campaign to unseat President Lyndon B. Johnson. He joined Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) in trying to deny President Carter renomination in 1980. He worked for Jesse Jackson's presidential bids in 1984 and 1988. Unhappy about the way Jackson was being treated at the '88 convention, Ickes hatched plans that included a threat to hand out 1,700 plastic whistles to Jackson supporters so they could disrupt the proceedings. Some of his ideas unnerved even Jackson; Ickes remembers him saying, "Ickes, you want to get me run out of white man's America." |
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: Michigan; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1980; 2008; 2008dncconvention; agitators; carter; clinton; clintonistas; edwardkennedy; eugenemccarthy; fdr; hillary; horoldickes; ickes; jackson; jessejackson; jimmycarter; lbj; lyndonjohnson; mccarthy; obama; plasticwhistles; superdelegates; whistles
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posted on
04/01/2008 6:47:46 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
Whoops, photo credit is Andrew Councill (?)
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posted on
04/01/2008 6:48:33 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Hes’s a Carville with hair.....’nuff said. JK
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
A second generation of Presidential Wormwood. His father was FDR’s handler. Not only is our government infested with commies, they move in and openly breed like the rats they are.
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posted on
04/01/2008 6:52:46 PM PDT
by
WorkingClassFilth
(Don't cheer for Obama too hard - the krinton syndicate is moving back into the WH.)
To: WorkingClassFilth
I was going to say the fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.
To: SunkenCiv
He worked in Sen. Eugene McCarthy's 1968 campaign to unseat President Lyndon B. Johnson. That was successful
He joined Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) in trying to deny President Carter renomination in 1980.
More success
He worked for Jesse Jackson's presidential bids in 1984 and 1988.
Well damn. I'm impressed.
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posted on
04/01/2008 6:55:07 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
nor the fecal matter from the anal passage
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posted on
04/01/2008 6:59:35 PM PDT
by
McBuff
To: mortal19440
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posted on
04/01/2008 7:01:59 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: ChildOfThe60s
Those were cited in the context of his being a maverick. The fact is, “Clean Gene” showed LBJ that he couldn’t win the nomination, and he dropped out of the race. RFK entered the race, was on his way to the nomination, was assassinated, and Humphrey wound up the nominee.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_McCarthy#The_1968_campaign
“Despite strong showings in several primaries, McCarthy garnered only 23 percent of the delegates at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, largely due to the control of state party organizations over the delegate selection process.”
(some things never change, eh?)
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posted on
04/01/2008 7:08:08 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Harold M. Ickes "..Ickes is a political strategist working on Hillary Clinton's campaign in the 2008 presidential election.
Ickes was a member of the Democratic National Committee who voted in favor of stripping Florida and Michigan of their convention delegates for moving their primary dates earlier than allowed by DNC rules. He has since changed his support of these sanctions, however, calling on the DNC to reconsider its penalties. [2].."
Whatever helps Hillary! They left off Hypocrite in his bio.
To: WorkingClassFilth; sanjacjake
Top Clinton Adviser Says Superdelegates Will Decide Election,
Obama’s Victories ‘Irrelevant’
Fox News
Posted on 02/16/2008 5:11:10 PM EST by Sub-Driver
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971565/posts
[snip] Harold Ickes, a 40-year party operative charged with winning over superdelegates for the Clinton campaign, made no apologies on Saturday for the campaign’s convention strategy. “We’re going to win this nomination,” Ickes said, adding that they would do so soon after the last contest on June 7 in Puerto Rico. “You’re not going to see this go to the convention floor.” [end]
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posted on
04/01/2008 7:10:01 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
He and Sid Blumenthal (D)wi are two peas in a moldy pod.
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posted on
04/01/2008 7:10:11 PM PDT
by
rod1
(uestion)
To: SunkenCiv
Youre not going to see this go to the convention floor.
Well not after he runs around smashing all the TV cameras with a hammer.
Ickies should be in a cell with Sandy the Burglar man
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posted on
04/01/2008 7:11:56 PM PDT
by
rod1
(uestion)
To: Anti-Bubba182
That’s a given, due to his party affiliation.
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posted on
04/01/2008 7:12:03 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Anti-Bubba182
They left off Hypocrite in his bio. No need to be repetitive. He's a Hillary supporter. It goes without saying that he's a hypocrite.
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posted on
04/01/2008 7:13:14 PM PDT
by
Rocky
To: rod1
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posted on
04/01/2008 7:13:50 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: mortal19440
Not you, Ickes the Douche Bag.
To: SunkenCiv
And Mr. Ickes was on the winning team how many times?
Oh,never mind.
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posted on
04/01/2008 7:21:18 PM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: mortal19440; KosmicKitty
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posted on
04/01/2008 7:25:07 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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