Clinton a Republican?

[Michael Eisenscher]

At 01:30 AM 9/14/1998 -0500, tmsa at ibm.net wrote:
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>Political parties represent specific, class-based interests.
>Traditionally the Democrats represent African-Americans, Latinos,
>large corporations, union members, the poor, the disabled, and the
>elderly. The Republicans are traditionally the party of small
>businesses, farmers, bankers, lawyers, and the very wealthy. Of course
>this breaks down in reality because every person decides how to vote
>as individuals.
>
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>TMSA <tmsa at ibm.net>
>

For a clearer understanding of the party loyalties to various capitalist
interests, see Thomas Ferguson's The Golden Rule, which analyzes the party
allegiances of specific capitalist interests.  To say that the Democratic
Party "represent[s]" African-Americans, Latinos, the poor, disabled, and
elderly is to obscure the actual capitalist interests which constitute the
determinative influences within and upon that party.

Michael E.