Bad guys and burdens of proof (Was H Rap Brown)

[Michael Perelman]

So am I.  As governor, he radiated meanness.  Not always, but when things
got tough.  As president, his handlers kept it under control.

On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 02:37:18PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Michael Perelman wrote:
> 
> >Beg to differ, Reagan was mean, but he knew how to look friendly.  Some of
> >you may recall his response after James Rector was shot during the
> >People's Park uprising in Berkeley.  "If it takes a bloodbath ..."
> 
> I'm not talking about his actual policies and politics, but the 
> psychology of his appeal. He radiated optimism and sunniness - like 
> Clinton, but unlike W. W radiates a punitive cruelty. The place feels 
> different now from the way it felt then.
> 
> Doug

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu