Louis "Studs" Terkel, American author, historian, actor, and broadcaster, died today.
Here's a bit of Studs from his last interview - conducted by Edward Lifson, posted Oct. 23, 2008:
"I started to ask Studs about the pioneering Chicago organizer Saul Alinksy, whose name has been disparaged recently by the Republicans and as soon as he heard that name, he belted out,
"The idiots! They label Saul Alinksy - the great neighborhood organizer - as a subversive! He's been dead for 35 years and he was honored by the Catholic Church! He's no subversive. Neither is Bill Ayers! That Sarah Palin - you know, she's Joe McCarthy in drag!"
This from a man who was investigated by Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1953. Studs refused to give evidence against other left-wing activists and he was blacklisted and his television contract was canceled.
"So you know what? Obama can't be a moderate! He's got to remember where he comes from! Obama, he has got to be pushed!"From Ray: After the election, if Obama is elected, we have to remember what Studs said - Obama has got to be pushed - the Democratic Party should not be Republican-Lite - I want Obama to be a Progressive. I want Change. I want Action.
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