[lbo-talk] ciao, 60

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jan 20 17:46:30 PST 2010


On Jan 20, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:


> The thought that liberals cannot stand is that the actions of the DP &
> its leadership really represent what the party fundmentally stands
> for.

I prefer my formulation: the Dems are a party of capital that has to pretend for electoral reasons that it's not. So it makes "progressive" noises sometimes to excite the base, but when in power acts to please its funders.

Doug



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