[lbo-talk] Kerry: America First!

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Feb 6 08:39:08 PST 2004


Joseph Wanzala wrote:


>It is also amazing that despite the fact that Bush and Kerry share a
>common affiliation with a poweful Secret Society, 100 of whose
>members told author Alexandra Robbins that it would make no
>difference to them whether Bush or Kerry won, and that despite the
>fact that Kerry has among his campaign staff the likes of Rand
>Berry, formerly Bush's point man on the drug war in Colombia, that
>people will still find ways of rationalizing support for Kerry.

S&B isn't Kerry's only constituency. Any president's prime loyalty is going to be to big capital, or at least some branches of it. A Dem president - even one as conservative as Clinton - has to throw some bennies to unions, environmentalists, racial minorities, feminists, and environmentalists. A Rep president has to throw some bennies to small business, Christian fundamentalists, and anti-environmentalists. These secondary loyalties make some difference.

Doug



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