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Socialist journal "The Progressive Populist" identifies Obama as New Party Candidate in 1996
The Progressive Populist (November 1996) ^

Posted on 10/10/2008 11:07:00 AM PDT by bw17

New Party members and supported candidates won 16 of 23 races, including an at-large race for the Little Rock, Ark., City Council, a seat on the county board for Little Rock and the school board for Prince George¹s County, Md. Chicago is sending the first New Party member to Congress, as Danny Davis, who ran as a Democrat, won an overwhelming 85% victory. New Party member Barack Obama was uncontested for a State Senate seat from Chicago. The New Party also helped Carolyn McCarthy knock off freshman Republican Dan Frisa in a closely watched U.S. House seat in Long Island. Tom DiNapoli, the most progressive State Assemblyman on Long Island, handily won re-election as a Democratic Party/New Party fusion candidate. Progressive Milwaukee members affiliated with the New Party won a seat in the state Assembly and two seats in the state Senate.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: newparty; obama; obamarxist; socialist
Obama was clearly identified in 1996 by The Progressive Populist as a New Party member...a branch of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Obama ran in 1996 as a socialist!

1 posted on 10/10/2008 11:07:00 AM PDT by bw17
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To: bw17

Here’s a link to that article on their actual site: http://www.populist.com/11.96.Edit.html


2 posted on 10/10/2008 11:40:50 AM PDT by HerrTrigger
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To: HerrTrigger

“New Party member Barack Obama was uncontested for a State Senate seat from Chicago”

Obama is a socialist.

Sing it from the roof-tops.


3 posted on 10/10/2008 12:02:10 PM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: bw17

Why is this information not being published on FOX and other news conservative news outlets?


4 posted on 10/10/2008 3:41:33 PM PDT by loveliberty2
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