I know that our anointed facilitator wants to end this discussion, but
I could not help noticing that the following item appeared in today's
_NYT_.
The DNC, while chagrined that it cannot compete w/the RNC, happily
announced that it raised $ 12 million towards its war chest, helping
to eradicate some of its 1996 campaign debt. The 9 biggest soft-money
donors included Miramax Films (no doubt rewarding the Dems for their
stance on culture industry protectionism and GATT), an "independent
educational consultant," a financial holding company, a corporate
finance law firm, the president of Slim-Fast, a securities lawyer,
and an investment baking company. Oh, also the NEA and the "Machinists
Nonpartisan Political League."
And the DNC (_not_ the DLC, but might as well be) was _gloating_ about
this.
Of course there are some progressive Dems in the House, given the way
that districting works. Just as there are authoritarian populists and
religious right-wingers and libertarians among the House GOP. But finance
K and transnational productive K for the most part pull the strings in
both parties, especially in the Senate, our House of Lords. And except
on the local level neither party really exists
as an "institution" per se save recruiting and promoting millionaires
to run for office.
My god, way back in the mid-1980's _Ron Brown_ was the DNC chair, before
the DLC took over the Democratic Party from the alliance of Cold War
Keynesians (like Humphrey and Mondale) and Dixiecrats.
John Gulick
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