Alterman and Rorty

[Brad De Long]

Re:
>
>That is, Clinton is the leader of the anti-reform forces in the U.S., and
>he is also the leader of the forces trying to reform progressive
>legislation from the past out of existence. Clinton is not a weak and/or
>wobbling friend of workers: he is the political leader of the Enemy. To
>defend Clinton is not an allowable option for anyone who cares to be
>considered a positive reformist.
>

Hmmm...

I thought that the leaders of anti-reform forces in the United States had
names like...

Trent Lott
Tom DeLay
Dick Armey
Newt Gingrich
Phil Gramm

And I thought that one of the (admittedly few) good things about Bill
Clinton was that all of those guys hated his guts, and that spending all of
their time trying to nail Clinton prevented them from using their
Congressional majority to actually do more truly destructive things...

Brad DeLong