David Corn: troubling origins of the anti-war movement

[Dddddd0814 at aol.com]

David:
>Who's not acknowledging the difference? By and large, the Democrats are on 
>the wing of capital represented mostly by domestic industry and labor union 
>bureaucrats; the Republicans represent the wing of capital dominated by 
>banking institutions and transnational investment. 

Doug:
Huh? Does the name Robert Rubin mean anything to you? Who ran around 
the world prying open capital markets? Contrast that with the 
Bushies, who have no Wall Streeters of any consequence in the admin, 
and a former industrialist at Treasury. 

David:
Huh? Does the name Paul Krugman mean anything to you? The term "insider 
trading"? Whahahah? 

Doug:
And "domestic" industry is far more Republican than the multinational 
kind. Who do you think is the driving force behind gutting 
regulations and letting the minimum wage erode? If anything, the Reps 
are the party of certain regions and industrial sectors, and the Dems 
friendlier to capital-as-a-whole. 

 
David:
Okay. But if it is true that Democrats are "friendlier to 
capital-as-a-whole", doesn't that say something about the speciousness of 
Cockburn's statements about the "radical", let alone "progressive" potiential 
of the Democratic Party? 

--d