[lbo-talk] barbara ehrenreich pounds hillary on 'the nation'

ulisse mangialaio ulisse_mangialaio at yahoo.it
Tue Jan 15 13:11:47 PST 2008


... But Clinton's LBJ remark reveals something more worrisome than racial tone-deafness--a theory of social change that's as elitist as it is inaccurate. Black civil rights weren't won by suited men (or women) sitting at desks.

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But she did it her way, and ended up with a 1,300-page plan that no one, on either side of the aisle, liked or could even comprehend--proving that historical change isn't made by the smartest girl in the room, even if she shares a bed with the President. Similarly, she ignored the anti-war movement of this decade and alienated untold numbers of Democratic voters, feminists included.

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