On Feb 6, 2010, at 8:50 PM, James Heartfield wrote:
> Is that so different from the anti-war protests at the end of Bush's
> presidency?
>
> The mass of people have focussed on what the president identified as
> his main goals - the Iraq war for Bush; healthcare and the bailout
> for Obama. These, the priorities of the political elite, prove to be
> the faultlines of disaffection for the inchoate mass.
Completely different. The social base and the political content are almost thoroughly opposites. The teabaggers are opposed to Obama's forced march to socialism, which exists only in their minds. The antiwar movement was opposed to imperial war, which was all too real.
Really, James, do you read anything about American politics before filing these observations?
Doug