[lbo-talk] stupidest quote of the week from an American politician?

[George Scialabba]

Yes, of course, nearly all Americans, including Democrats and even some 
intelligent people, like The Market. But the hallmarks of contemporary 
Republicanism -- corruption, cronyism, voting fraud, punitive reductions in 
social spending, extremely regressive tax policy, fantastically bloated 
defense budget, environmental irresponsibility, gutting of regulatory 
agencies, etc, -- don't follow from a commitment to the market. Of course, 
Republican propaganda pretends that they do, but how much intelligence does 
it take to see  through that?

At 07:53 PM 7/20/2006, you wrote:


>On Jul 20, 2006, at 3:58 PM, George Scialabba wrote:
>
>>Very eloquent, Jerry, and largely true. But I'm not sure I agree
>>with you about this: "Pointing to elections in order to show how
>>people are hoodwinked is almost meaningless." Why? I can understand
>>being too disgusted, discouraged, or depressed to vote at all. But
>>to vote Republican seems to me, for anyone making less than $100
>>thousand a year, foolish, and for anyone making more, selfish. I
>>just can't reconcile voting Republican with being both intelligent
>>and decent. Doesn't compute.
>
>Maybe I spend too much time reading polls - I'm sure Cde Cox would
>tell me I do - but there's much more agreement with Republican
>*economic* policies among middle-income white people than most
>leftists would like to admit. It's not just the culture three-card
>monte trick, as Tom Frank would have it - much of white Protestant
>America likes The Market. And doesn't like black people, of course.
>
>Doug
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