[lbo-talk] Tea Party: less than meets the eye

[Miles Jackson]

Alan Rudy wrote:
> Yes, all of Chuck's and other evidence to the contrary nothwithstanding,
> there is surely absolutely no reason to think that they've done what they've
> done on purpose and because we can't read there minds

{snippage]

This is exactly why I share Carrol's lack of patience for parsing 
people's political motives.  In terms of the political and social 
effects of O's administration, O's motivations and intentions are 
irrelevant.  --A crude analogy: a gun goes off, someone dies.  That 
person will remain dead regardless of the intent of the person who fired 
the gun.  (Saying "it was an accident, I didn't mean to do it" won't 
alter the effects of the gun shot.)

Miles