[lbo-talk] what the Dems must do

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Nov 27 15:09:07 PST 2006


Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> [Sometimes I wonder what planet these things are filed from. What
> about the Dem party makes Greider thinks they're likely to listen to
> any of this? Ankle-biting enforcers?]


> by WILLIAM GREIDER "With Democrats in charge of the House and the Senate, we can now
> return to a reality-based politics that nourishes rather than destroys."

I'd read only the first paragraph in the magazine and had enough. Browsing through a bit further I find this hallucination.

The trick he pulls on himself and his readers (or at least part of it) is beginning history with Reagan rather than with Carter. A word or two on Carter & Afghanistan would not be amiss. "Reality-based politics" is rich.

Carrol



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