----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
>>Because remember: the Watergate break-in wasn't necessary to get
>>Nixon re-elected either. He won in a real landslide.
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>That's an interesting parallel to comtemplate. People forget, but
>Watergate was a story that was out there months before Nixon got
>re-elected.
And if you believe John Ehrlichman & Kevin Phillips, the story got traction because the ruling class wanted to pull the plug on Nixon. Should the ruling class tire of W, this would be the perfect story (though it would run the risk of serious legitimation crisis).
Doug
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Ok, so if there is serious evidence of hanky-panky what greater strategic use of blogs etc. can we use in order to pose a legitimation crisis if they *don't* go after W./Repugs.? OTOH, they seem to be letting him get away completely with an illegal war and a fiscal mess, so why wouldn't they just use those issues to get rid of him? Maybe it's time to revisit Fred Block's "The Ruling Class Doesn't Rule"?