[lbo-talk] negligible and stupid

[Carrol Cox]

It was obvious at the time and should be obvious now. All elements in
Nixon's administration that make it the most liberal administration of
the last 50 years stemmed from his fear of the mass movements of the
'60s. They were in fact losing their momentum, but he didn't know that.
Watergate came from his unnecessary fear of leftist elements in the
population, which after all had succeeded in nominating McGovern.

Then the DP began its steady move to the right, creating room for
elements in the RP to move their party even further to the right. It has
always been the DP that was the originating force for movements to the
right.

Carrol