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Lou wrote: (Interesting article from Charles Post but I am afraid he like most leftists takes Trump at his word that he is hostile to the neoliberal agenda. Those rants against NAFTA, etc. have about as much value as Nixon's vows that he would bring peace to Vietnam.) The American election is really pushing its way onto the agenda here in Oz. One liberal commentator Katerine Murphy of the Guardian mused about the populist impulse that lay behind Sanders and Trump and "Corbyn's grim occupation" of the Labour Party. [Why "grim"?] Murphy claimed that there was growing anxiety in Australia about the overseas surge in populism. I wish! What does intrigue me at a mild level is the impact of the groping tape. Richard Seymour claims that the release of the tape by the Clinton camp was their one smart move, that is if they did it. I would argue that wheeling out the Obamas, especially Michelle, to give moral ballast to the Clinton clan was their second smart move. So we are urged to reject the classic "male chauvinist pig" and I think the American people now will. I am also intrigued, though, about the tape's journey from obscurity in 2005 to world wide status in 2016. I have speculated before that the Bush clan must have done a deal, surely, with the Clintons. I haven't seen any commentary anywhere on how or why the tape surfaced. It is like *deus ex machina*, we are supposed to take it on faith. Like a leader in the old UK Tory Party, we are being asked to believe it just emerged. Don't think so. The really substantial point is that the anti-neoliberal tide which Sanders surfed and which Trump dabbled in has made way for moral outrage. There is no question that Lou is absolutely right when he says that Trump was not sincere in his criticisms of neoliberalism. But the need for relief from neoliberalism is real and it will return to surface or popular consciousness and it is something that the war monger herself will have to deal with when she becomes POTUS. comradely Gary _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
