Nixon's the One

[Justin Schwartz]

All these points are true, and they are true of any government. FDR once 
heard some people arguing for some program, probably a welfare program, I 
for get the details, and he told then; I agree with everything you say. No 
go out and make me do it. Nixon didn't agree with much that he was made to 
do alonmg these lines, but the point is, he did it. Meanwhile Clinton, who 
may have agreed with some of thats ort of thing, didn't. Nor would Gore have 
done. So the lesson is: put not your trust in Democrats. Dem or Repug, get 
out there and make them do it. --jks


>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gordon Fitch" <gcf at panix.com>
>
>Michael Perelman:
> > The progressive landmarks of the Nixon administration had far more to do
> > with people in the street than those around the White House.
>
>-I don't recall any major demonstrations for social-democratic
>-programs.
>
>As far as the EPA and legislation like the Clean Water Act, folks like
>Gaylord Nelson and the organizers of Earth Day and all the related
>grassroots environmental activism deserve the credit, as do a few
>legislators like Edmund Muskie who hardballed the legislation through the
>Congress.
>
>On welfare policies, there was a mass movement of welfare rights activists
>pushing for expansion of funding and rights.
>
>-- nn
>
>

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