Or, the problem is Democratic passivity that allows the Repugs. to push things to the limit. & that passivity is because progressives cannot organize & part of that disorganization is that we prefer our circular firing squads instead of creating an alternative vision around people can organize.
I confess that I will miss Alan Grayson, who stood up to the crazies in Congress. On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Lakshmi Rhone <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > But, Marv, Boehner and McGonnel’s power is dependent on those crazies > keeping people away from the Democrats and putting into office crazies who > they will later make bend to their will. Pretty simple. The corporations > need those crazies to get the Congress that they really want.Of course they > can live for now with a Democratic Presidency and even Congress. But it's > clearly not their first choice. Follow the dollars. > > I think you don’t have the temperature of the right-wing anti immigrant pro > birther movement at all. The pro birther stuff is a bit far out, but the > immigration question is explosive. This is essentially what Dupnik > recognized in his call for civility. > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 530 898 5321 fax 530 898 5901 http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
