On Nov 8, 2006, at 8:57 PM, tfast wrote:
> Sure but he does have a perfect voting record on union
> legislation. I know
> I know. But CCs commentary aside (which is wrong because aparently
> Sanders
> does a pretty good job at helping his poorer constiuents) the
> question is
> how such an non-establishment character who self describes as a
> socialist
> manages to keep getting elected? And the answer to that question
> is hopeful
> no?
It is, though Vermont is a weird state. It's almost Canadian.
Katha Pollitt's ex, Paul "The Last Marxist" Mattick Jr, once preposterously argued that Sanders couldn't be a socialist because Vermont had no proletariat, which he defined as old-line industrial.
Doug