[lbo-talk] An Anti-Labor Day

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Sep 6 14:57:42 PDT 2004


R wrote:


>as nathan newman tells us, 40 percent of the democrats voted in
>Favor of NAFTA. let's see how this party of the people did when it
>was far less "conservative" than it is today; and labor had far more
>political power.

I hate to say it, but this actually can be read as supporting Nathan's argument. Most of the Dems listed are from the South (including Pat Robertson's father) - they'd be Republicans today.


>Democrats voting to over-ride Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley: 24
>
>Byrd Va
>John Connally Tx
>Eastland, Miss
>Ellender La
>Fulbright Ar
>George Ga
>Hatch NM
>Hoey NC
>Holland Fl
>Maybank SC
>McLellan AK
>McKellar TN
>O'Connor MD
>O'Daniel TX
>Overton LA
>Robertson Va
>Russell GA
>Stewart TN
>Tydings MD
>Umstead NC



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