>I think Doug's on to something when he suggests that many are intelligent
>enough to recognize the class stuggle dimension of society, but sell-out
>pure and simple, like Mr. Alcaly. Did anyone read about the ex-Marxist
>who's George W. Bush's pointman on "compassionate conservativism"? He had
>joined the Communist Party in his youth and seems rather nutty - more or
>less fit the profile Carrol's describing and not too interested in
>economics.
It is reported here that the new Reagan biography says that the Gipper applied for Communist Party membership but was turned down on grounds of being to stupid. Anyone confirm?
-- Jim heartfield