[lbo-talk] of actors and politicians

[Gar Lipow]

On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Oct 3, 2008, at 12:29 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote:
>
>> There's a definite whiff of fascism around Palin and the constituency she
>> represents - an insular nastiness under that down home neighbourless and
>> gemutlichtkeit.
>
> C'mon, this is ancient American political/cultural kitsch. Small town,
> patriotic, xenophobic, elite-hating, aggressively ordinary. It's overkill to
> call it fascist.
>
> Doug

Or as a friend told me "This can't be fascism. I take the train to
work, and its still late every morning."