Alterman and Rorty

[Carrol Cox]

[SNIP]
> 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...

I'm preparing to retire on this particular thread, but I really suspect
that the "Welfare Reform" (Responsibility etc) could never have passed
Congress with Reagan in the White House. When the ruling class needs
really dirty work done, they always need a democrat.

Carrol