[lbo-talk] quote du jour

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Mar 9 12:45:16 PST 2006


Jim Devine wrote:


>Google's quote du jour is ""A liberal is a person whose interests
>aren't at stake at the moment." -- Willis Player
>
>so what is a conservative?

I was just reading Hofstadter's 1954 essay on the "pseudo-conservative revolt." His example of a pseudo-conservative was a woman who remarked on Eisenhower's victory in 1952: "Eight more years of socialism!"

Doug



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