[lbo-talk] Top Obama Adviser has long links to neo-cons

[Bill Bartlett]

It might exist as an entity, but not as a living political party that 
participates in electoral politics. It is a fossil of a political 
party. I have already justified my analysis, you lose points for 
asking me to do sao again, as it shows lack of attention.

Bill Bartlett
Bracknell Tas

At 9:26 PM -0500 4/11/08, Michael Smith wrote:


>On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 12:43:10 +1100
>Bill Bartlett <billbartlett at aapt.net.au> wrote:
>
>
>  > In short, the core problem of the "Democrat Party" is that it is an
>>  entirely fictional entity.
>
>
>Actually, this is not so. It's an institution, an organization --
>like Microsoft or Goldman Sachs. Unless you're a hard-core nominalist --
>and who is? -- you have to concede that such entities have a kind
>of existence.
>
>More to the point, they have a history and what you might call
>a life-process: a way of obtaining the nutrients they need and
>perpetuating themselves from year to year.
>
>Essay question: In the case of the Democratic Party -- describe
>that life-process.
>
>Extra points: Do we want to keep it going? Justify your answer.
>
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