Then, the Iranian hostages and he moved sharply to the right in foreign policy.
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 06:47:09PM +0000, Carl Remick wrote:
> >From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
> >
> >Carl Remick wrote:
> > >
> > > In every way from at least Reagan onward, the US has truly been a fool's
> > > paradise.
> > >
> >
> >Starting things with Reagan both distorts history and contributes to the
> >continuing status of the DP as a major barrier to the formation of mass
> >movements on the left.
> >
> >Carter began airline deregulation (etc).
>
> Please note that I said "from *at least* Reagan onward" and would never
> argue that Carter or anyone earlier represented some prelapsarian paradise.
> But I think of the Carter years as being the last time there was any
> willingness at all to acknowledge that US society is Fundamentally Fucked
> Up. Contrast Carter's "national malaise" speech (which, admittedly,
> contributed to his getting the old heave-ho from office) with Reagan's
> fatuous "morning in America" palaver.
>
> Carl
>
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