[lbo-talk] Frank: BHO should welcome their hatred

Shane Taylor shane.taylor at verizon.net
Tue Jan 20 12:10:09 PST 2009


Doug Henwood wrote:


> Seems to me that there's a class angle to the FDR-Obama
> contrast that Frank was drawing attention to. As an
> aristocrat, FDR could more comfortably step on the toes
> of the class that produced him than could someone of
> modest means who believes in meritocracy.

And merit as defined by institutions that enabled his rise to the White House: elite universities and Wall Street.

Shane



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