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Targeting the poor.


There is an ominous implication of Barbara Ehrenreich's article "Gouging Gouging can be:
  • The action of cutting or scooping with a gouge
  • Price gouging
  • Eye gouging or Fish-hooking in violent altercations or combat sports.
 the Poor" (February issue) that she did not discuss.

If I'm a Republican strategist strat·e·gist  
n.
One who is skilled in strategy.

Noun 1. strategist - an expert in strategy (especially in warfare)
strategian

market strategist - someone skilled in planning marketing campaigns
, this "body attachment" felony conviction is a wonderful extension of all the other laws, such as drug laws, that disenfranchise dis·en·fran·chise  
tr.v. dis·en·fran·chised, dis·en·fran·chis·ing, dis·en·fran·chis·es
To disfranchise.



dis
 the poor, minorities, and potential Democratic voters. Give the process a decade or two, and millions of citizens who might vote for health care reform will be barred not only from meaningful participation in the health care debate but from the entire American political process.

Leo Leo, in astronomy
Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac.
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Title Annotation:Letters to the Editor
Author:Sadovy, Leo
Publication:The Progressive
Article Type:Letter to the Editor
Date:Apr 1, 2004
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