[lbo-talk] Re: crazy?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Oct 8 14:14:19 PDT 2003


frank scott wrote:


>we deserve much better, but we'll never get it until elitist disrespect
>for people , which is the backbone of liberal politics - and
>unfortunately, quite a bit of what passes for left thinking, often
>expressed here - is retired in favor of a politics not simply born of
>wealth and professionalism, but coming closer to the realities of the
>almost mythological - in the minds of many progressives - and
>lip-serviced working majority, becomes something closer to caring
>about the people of the nation, and not just one state or one class of
>its inhabitants...

That's all very nice, but what does it have to do with a moronic millionaire sponsoring a recall campaign that ends up promoting a scary idiot? You - and Marc Cooper - go on about what an exercise in democracy this was, but the plutocrats are laughing all the way to the bank again.

Doug



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