[lbo-talk] Dems & the proletariat

[Michael Hoover]

On 10/6/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> [Carrol Cox, better get this guy on the phone! He doesn't get how bad
> the Dems are - imagine, policies favoring the proletariat!! This is
> from David Rosenberg, Merrill Lynch's chief economist.]
>
>Charlie Cook
> of the
> venerable Cook Political Report is quoted as saying that "Cleary,
> we've seen
> momentum shift away from the Republicans and toward the Democrats".
> ImagineTax hikes,
> protectionist,
> pro-labor populist policies favoring the proletariat at the expense
> of the capitalist,
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isn't it charlie cook...

in any event, as richard russell, herman talmadge, james eastland,
howard smith, sam ervin, strom thurmond, spessard holland, and other
dixiecrats said to jfk: you got a choice,
tax bill or civil rights bill, what's it gonna be... no surprise which
option the 'second emancipator' chose...   mh